Bouali M, El Berni Y, Moufakkir A, El Bakouri A, El Hattabi K, Bensardi F, Fadil A. Value of Alvarado scoring system in diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
Ann Med Surg (Lond) 2022;
77:103642. [PMID:
35637993 PMCID:
PMC9142662 DOI:
10.1016/j.amsu.2022.103642]
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Abstract
Introduction
Methods
Results
Conclusion
Acute appendicitis is one of the most common causes of acute abdomen in surgical patients.
Various scoring systems are used for decision making in appendicitis.
Alvarado score remains the most popular scoring system.
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