REVISITING ALVARADO SCORE FOR NEGATIVE APPENDICECTOMY RATE AT AYUB TEACHING HOSPITAL ABBOTTABAD
Alvarado score again proved helpful even today in reducing the negative appendicectomy rate at surgery department of ATH, it should therefore be routinely adopted in diagnosis of suspected appendicitis cases in the third world countries (e.g. Pakistan) setup (facing scarcity of sophisticated resources).
Authors
- Ismail Akbar
- Farhan Khan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9805-9187)
- T. Hassan
- Zain Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5579-1127)
- Kamran Haider
- Zulfiqar Ali (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3870-3137)
- Shawana Asad
- Amjad Farooq
Institutions
- Ayub Medical College (PK)
- Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PK)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Journal of Ayub Medical College Abbottabad
- Published
- 2024-09-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.55519/jamc-03-13353
- Primary Topic
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00