Adult appendicitis score versus Alvarado score: A comparative study in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis
Background: Acute Appendicitis (AA) is the most common abdominal surgical emergency. It requires proper management to decrease mortality and morbidity. Clinical scoring systems for diagnosing AA aimed to decrease the use of radiological scans and the rate of negative appendectomies (NA). We aim to a...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2023-08-01
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Series: | Surgery Open Science |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589845023000489 |