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Keywords: Risk prediction; Appendicitis; Hyponatremia EN Risk prediction Appendicitis Hyponatremia 287 289 3 02/03/21 20210101 NES 210101 Introduction Acute appendicitis (AA) is the most common cause for emergency abdominal surgery worldwide.[1] Although the risk of perforation is probably not increased by delays to surgery in stable patients,[2] perforation is associated with an increase in postoperative complications including abscess formation, paralytic ileus, and in rare cases even death.[1] Finding preoperative markers of perforation is important in allocating resources to those with perforated disease and in understanding the disease process. Hyponatremia is a specific marker of perforation in sigmoid diverticulitis or appendicitis in patients older than 50 years. [Extracted from the article]