Introduction. Diagnosis of apendicitis is difficult; however several clinical scales have been developed that attempt to improve diagnostic accuracy.Objective. The operational characteristics of Alvarado and Fenyö scales were defined in patients with abdominal pain suggestive of appendicitis and were compare with clinical and pathological diagnoses.Material and methods. A prospective trial assessed the diagnostic tests. Sign, symptoms, and laboratory tests were included in scales selected. Surgeon decision was maintained independent from the results of the scales. Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value and positive and negative likelihood ratio for each scale was compared with the surgeon evaluation.Results. T...
Acute appendicitis causes acute abdomen in surgical patients. The Alvarado score (AS) is used to dia...
Resumen: Introducción y objetivos: La apendicitis aguda es la primera causa de las urgencias quirúr...
INTRODUCTION: Acute appendicitis is a surgical emergency, which is associated with morbidity and mo...
Introducción. La apendicitis es la condición quirúrgica más común a la que se enfrenta el cirujano. ...
Objetivo. Evaluar las puntuaciones de la escala diagnóstica de Alvarado en una serie de casos clínic...
Acute abdominal pain is one of the symptoms which a patient attends the emergency ro...
Introduction: acute appendicitis is the leading cause of emergency surgery in general surgery. Its d...
Objective: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of the Alvarado Score for the diagnosis of p...
BACKGROUND: The most common surgical emergency in the world is Acute Appendicitis. Inspite of great...
Objective: to determine the real importance of anamnesis, physical examination, and various tests in...
Introduction: acute appendicitis is the leading cause of emergency surgery in general surgery. Its d...
Objective: to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy (discrimination) and implementation performance of Al...
Appendicitis is a common surgical emergency and diagnosis is still a great challenge. Accurate diagn...
Introduction and objectives: Acute appendicitis is the first cause of surgical emergencies. It is st...
Appendicitis is an important differential diagnosis in patient with right iliac fossa pain. It is im...
Acute appendicitis causes acute abdomen in surgical patients. The Alvarado score (AS) is used to dia...
Resumen: Introducción y objetivos: La apendicitis aguda es la primera causa de las urgencias quirúr...
INTRODUCTION: Acute appendicitis is a surgical emergency, which is associated with morbidity and mo...
Introducción. La apendicitis es la condición quirúrgica más común a la que se enfrenta el cirujano. ...
Objetivo. Evaluar las puntuaciones de la escala diagnóstica de Alvarado en una serie de casos clínic...
Acute abdominal pain is one of the symptoms which a patient attends the emergency ro...
Introduction: acute appendicitis is the leading cause of emergency surgery in general surgery. Its d...
Objective: To determine the sensitivity and specificity of the Alvarado Score for the diagnosis of p...
BACKGROUND: The most common surgical emergency in the world is Acute Appendicitis. Inspite of great...
Objective: to determine the real importance of anamnesis, physical examination, and various tests in...
Introduction: acute appendicitis is the leading cause of emergency surgery in general surgery. Its d...
Objective: to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy (discrimination) and implementation performance of Al...
Appendicitis is a common surgical emergency and diagnosis is still a great challenge. Accurate diagn...
Introduction and objectives: Acute appendicitis is the first cause of surgical emergencies. It is st...
Appendicitis is an important differential diagnosis in patient with right iliac fossa pain. It is im...
Acute appendicitis causes acute abdomen in surgical patients. The Alvarado score (AS) is used to dia...
Resumen: Introducción y objetivos: La apendicitis aguda es la primera causa de las urgencias quirúr...
INTRODUCTION: Acute appendicitis is a surgical emergency, which is associated with morbidity and mo...