Comparison between the specificity and sensitivity of the RIPASA and Alvarado Scoring systems in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis among patients with complaints of right iliac fossa

Seyed Ashkan Tabibzadeh Dezfuli; Reza Yazdani; Mohammadjavad Khorasani; Seyed Alireza Hosseinikhah; Seyed Ashkan Tabibzadeh Dezfuli; Reza Yazdani; Mohammadjavad Khorasani; Seyed Alireza Hosseinikhah

doi:10.3934/publichealth.2020001

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2020, Volume 7, Issue 1: 1-9. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2020001

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Comparison between the specificity and sensitivity of the RIPASA and Alvarado Scoring systems in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis among patients with complaints of right iliac fossa

1.
Assistant Professor, Trauma and Emergency Medicine Research Center, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
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Head of Department of Emergency Medicine, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran
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Emergency Medicine Specialist, Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran

Received: 07 September 2019 Accepted: 12 December 2019 Published: 02 January 2020

- appendicitis,
- RIPASA,
- Alvarado
Citation: Seyed Ashkan Tabibzadeh Dezfuli, Reza Yazdani, Mohammadjavad Khorasani, Seyed Alireza Hosseinikhah. Comparison between the specificity and sensitivity of the RIPASA and Alvarado Scoring systems in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis among patients with complaints of right iliac fossa[J]. AIMS Public Health, 2020, 7(1): 1-9. doi: 10.3934/publichealth.2020001

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Acknowledgments

The study is funded by Hormozgan University of Medical Sciences, Bandar Abbas, Iran. All authors contributed toward data analysis, drafting and revising the paper and agreed to be responsible for all the aspects of this work.

Conflict of interest

The authors declared no conflict of interest.

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