Alvarado score: can it reduce unnecessary interventions for acute appendicitis in children?
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The Alvarado score and acute appendicitis.
INTRODUCTION This is a retrospective study to assess the accuracy of the Alvarado score in predicting appendicitis for patients with right iliac fossa pain. MATERIALS AND METHODS This is a retrospective study of consecutive patients with suspected appendicitis. The Alvarado score was computed from the admission notes and correlated with the final outcome of the patient. Patients discharged wi...
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عنوان ژورنال: ARS Medica Tomitana
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1841-4036
DOI: 10.1515/arsm-2017-0020