BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to investigate the integration of ultrasound (US) findings with Alvarado score in diagnosing or excluding acute appendicitis. METHODS Data were analyzed in 122 pediatric patients with suspected appendicitis who had undergone US. The US findings were classified into four groups, and the patients were classified into three groups according to Alvarado score....

BACKGROUND Appendicitis is a common disease requiring surgery. Bedside ultrasound (BUS) is a core technique for emergency medicine (EM). The Alvarado score is a well-studied diagnostic tool for appendicitis. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between patients' symptoms, Alvarado score and ultrasound (US) findings, as performed by emergency physicians (EPs) and radiologists, of pat...

o bjectives: to evaluate the accuracy of sonography in diagnosing acute appendicitis in patients with alvarado score 4–7. m e thods: this is a retrospective cross-sectional study being performed in namazee hospital affiliated with shiraz university of medical sciences during a one year period from 9/2007 to 9/2008. we evaluated all patients with alvarado score 4-7 and divided them in two groups...

Introduction: Appendicitis is a common surgical emergency and diagnosis is usually straight forward. However, negative appendicectomy is still a problem. Several appendicitis predictive scores have been developed. To prospectively compare the RIPASA score with the Alvarado score and Pediatric Appendicitis score (PAS) for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in pediatric patients presenting with ...

Introduction: Despite many advances in diagnosis, diagnosing appendicitis remains difficult. Various diagnostic scoring systems have been developed an attempt to improve the accuracy of acute appendicitis. The study aimed determine Modified Alvarado and Eskelinen score correlate histopathological findings with severity Materials Methods: A prospective was conducted TUTH including 84 patients a ...

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of Alvarado score for the prediction of acute appendicitis. STUDY DESIGN Analytical study. PLACE AND DURATION OF STUDY This study was carried out in the Department of Surgery, Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad, during the period from January 15, 2009 to July 15, 2010. METHODOLOGY The study included all adult patients of ...

OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of focused appendicitis ultrasound combined with Alvarado score to accurately identify appendicitis in children in whom it is suspected, thereby reducing unnecessary CT examinations and associated radiation exposure. MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively evaluated the focused appendicitis ultrasound, CT, clinical, and la...