Development of the RIPASA score: A new appendicitis scoring system for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 220-225

  Chong, C F ^a   Adi, M I W ^b   Thien, A ^a   Suyoi, A ^a   Mackie, A J ^a   Tin, A S ^a   Tripathi, S ^a   Jaman, N H ^a   Tan, K K ^a   Kok, K Y ^a   Mathew, V V ^a   Paw, O ^a   Chua, H B ^a   Yapp, S K ^a  

^a RIPAS HOSPITAL   (Brunei Darussalam)

^b UNIVERSITI BRUNEI DARUSSALAM   (Brunei Darussalam)

Author keywords

Acute appendicitis; Appendicectomy; Diagnostic techniques; Surgical; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADULT; ANOREXIA; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; ASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; LENGTH OF STAY; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PREDICTION; PROBABILITY; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM; URINALYSIS; VISCERAL PAIN;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77951933985     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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