%0 Journal Article %T Application of scoring systems with point-of-care ultrasonography for bedside diagnosis of appendicitis %A Arif Karag£¿z %A Erden Erol ¨¹nl¨¹er %A Haldun Ako£¿lu %A Mehmet Hac£¿yanl£¿ %A Orhan Oyar %A R£¿fat Urnal %A Serkan Bilgin %A Utku Eser %J Archive of "World Journal of Emergency Medicine". %D 2016 %R 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2016.02.007 %X 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 patients with suspected appendicitis %K Bedside ultrasound %K Alvarado score %K Appendicitis %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4905868/