%0 Journal Article
%T Evaluation of modified Alvarado scoring system and RIPASA scoring system as diagnostic tools of acute appendicitis
%A Abdullah Behbehani
%A Abdullah Shuaib
%A Ali Shuaib
%A Bader Marafi
%A Khalid Alsharaf
%A Zainab Fakhra
%J Archive of "World Journal of Emergency Medicine".
%D 2017
%R 10.5847/wjem.j.1920-8642.2017.04.005
%X Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical condition presented in emergency departments worldwide. Clinical scoring systems, such as the Alvarado and modified Alvarado scoring systems, were developed with the goal of reducing the negative appendectomy rate to 5%¨C10%. The Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Appendicitis (RIPASA) scoring system was established in 2008 specifically for Asian populations. The aim of this study was to compare the modified Alvarado with the RIPASA scoring system in Kuwait population
%K Acute appendicitis
%K Modified Alvarado score
%K RIPASA score
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5675968/