A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY TO COMPARE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF RIPASA SCORE AND MODIFIED ALVARADO SCORE IN DIAGNOSING ACUTE APPENDICITIS
Acute appendicitis is one of the most common surgical emergencies, with a life time prevalence rate of approximately one in seven.Despite being a common problem, acute appendicitis remains a difficult diagnosis to establish, particularly among the young, the elderly and females of reproductive age, where a host of other genitourinary and gynecological inflammatory conditions can present with signs and symptoms that are similar to those of acute appendicitis
Authors
- Shaik Siddiq Akbar
- Shaik Asifa
Publication Details
- Journal
- INDIAN JOURNAL OF APPLIED RESEARCH
- Published
- 2025-03-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.36106/ijar/6501209
- Primary Topic
- Appendicitis Diagnosis and Management
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00