Comparison of Alvarado score, appendicitis inflammatory response score (AIR) and Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha appendicitis (RIPASA) score in predicting acute appendicitis

Introduction: Acute Appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency encountered in emergency departments. To prevent the rate of negative appendectomies, different systems i.e. Alvarado score and Appendicitis Inflammatory Response Score (AIR) scores were used, but their diagnostic accuracy in Asi...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Zeb, Sabir Khan Khattak, Maryam Samad, Syed Shayan Shah, Syed Qasim Ali Shah, Abdul Haseeb
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-01-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844023002207