RIPASA vs Modified Alvarado Scoring System for diagnosis of Appendicitis
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Comparison of Ripasa and Alvarado scoring systems in diagnosis of acute appendicitis
The diagnosis of acute appendicitis is mainly based on clinical examination and various diagnostic scores are available. We compared Alvarado and RIPASA scoring systems for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis and their negative appendectomy rate in 100 patients of appendicitis.
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INTRODUCTION The accuracy of the Alvarado score in diagnosing acute appendicitis in an Asian population has been disappointingly low. We prospectively compared the RIPASA score with the Alvarado score for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. METHODS 200 consecutive patients who presented to the Accident and Emergency Department with right iliac fossa pain were recruited in the study. Both the...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of College of Medical Sciences-Nepal
سال: 2018
ISSN: 2091-0673,2091-0657
DOI: 10.3126/jcmsn.v14i4.21633