Volume : VII, Issue : I, January - 2017

ALVARADO SCORE AND ITS DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY IN ACUTE APPENDICITIS

Dr. Abhishek Katha, Dr. Eliyaz Syed, Dr. K. B Chakravarthy

Abstract :

 BACKGROUND–Acute Appendicitis is one of the commonest surgical emergency encountered in surgical practice and decision making is a diagnostic challenge till date. Many a times, the diagnosis is made by clinical examination  and in few cases  the diagnosis may  be elusive inspite of using modern diagnosting tools , thus leading to a negative appendicectomy. The Alvarado score, which is based on a set of clinical and laboratory criteria, has therefore been developed to make the diagnosis of this condition easier and more accurate.

 

OBJECTIVE–

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of the Alvarado scoring system in acute appendicitis.

METHODS–

Study was conducted at Department of General Surgery, Apollo institute of medical sciences and research from  September 2015 to November 2016.50 patients  suspicious of acute appendicitis were admitted and  they were evaluated on admission using the Alvarado scoring system  to determine whether they had acute appendicitis or not. All patients underwent appendicectomy  .The diagnosis was confirmed  by  histopathological examination.

 

RESULTS and CONCLUSION

Acute appendicitis was more common in age group 11 – 30.Acute appendicitis was more common in male patients. In our study, Modified Alvarado score of 1–4, 5–7 and 8–10 had the accuracy of 0% , 90% and 92.8% respectively. Higher the score, higher was the accuracy 

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Dr. Abhishek katha, Dr. Eliyaz Syed, Dr.K.B Chakravarthy, ALVARADO SCORE AND ITS DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY IN ACUTE APPENDICITIS, Indian Journal of Applied Research,Volume : 7 | Issue : 1 | JANUARY 2017

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