Alvarado or RIPASA? Which one do you use to diagnose acute appendicitis?: A cross-sectional study.

Naeimeh Heiranizadeh Seyyed Mohammad Hossein Mousavi Beyuki Saeed Kargar Aryana Abadiyan Hamid Reza Mohammadi

Published in: Health science reports (2023)

The RIPASA score system had higher sensitivity, PPV, NPV, and accuracy than the Alvarado one. It is recommended for the physician and surgeon to evaluate patients with RIF pain using the RIPASA score.

Keyphrases

chronic pain
emergency department
primary care
pain management
neuropathic pain
pulmonary tuberculosis
physical activity
robot assisted
minimally invasive