BACKGROUND The Alvarado score is utilized to determine the likelihood of appendicitis based on clinical signs, symptoms, and laboratory results. The goal of this study was to determine whether Alvarado scores can be used to aid in the accurate diagnosis of appendicitis. METHODS Alvarado score evaluations were performed on 300 patients that were referred to or presented to the emergency room w...

Acute Appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies in clinical practice with estimated life time prevalence approximately 1 in 7. [1] The incidence is 1.5 to 1.9 per 1000 and is approximately 1.4 times greater in men then in women. [2] Aim: This study was undertaken to compare Alvarado and RIPASA score to diagnose acute appendicitis ,to know the efficacy of individual score for e...

Purpose Acute appendicitis (AA) is one of the most common causes of an acute abdomen. The accuracies of the Alvarado and the acute inflammatory response (AIR) scores in the diagnosis of appendicitis is very low in Asian populations, so a new scoring system, the Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Appendicitis (RIPASA) system, was designed recently. We applied and compared the Alvarado, AIR, and RI...

various scoring systems have been devised to aid diagnosis of acute appendicitis. the main objective of this study was finding the accuracy of modified alvarado score in prediction of acute appendicitis. the registries of cases with appendectomy, who had been admitted to a referral medical center in the capital of iran from february 2000 to march 2004, were studied. sensitivity and specificity ...

BACKGROUND Acute appendicitis is the most frequent surgical emergency encountered worldwide. This study was conducted to compare the efficacy of Tzanakis score and Alvarado score in diagnosing acute appendicitis. OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to compare the efficacy of Tzanakis scoring system with Alvarado scoring system in diagnosing AA. METHODS This was a retrospective and nonrandom...

3 Scoring Systems ....................................................... 17 3.1 Alvarado Score or MANTRELS Score .................... 17 3.2 Other Scoring Systems .............................................. 17 3.3 Pediatric Appendicitis Score (Samuel Score) .......... 18 3.4 Scoring Systems and the Use of Radiological Investigations .............................................................

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the usefulness of the Alvarado scoring system in reducing the percentage of negative appendectomy in our unit. MATERIALS AND METHODS A cross-sectional study was conducted, comprising 110 patients, admitted to Surgical Unit I, Civil Hospital, Karachi, in 2011 with a preliminary diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Patients of both sexes and all age groups except younger than ...