Home|Journals|Articles by Year|Audio Abstracts
 

Original Research

RMJ. 2022; 47(2): 346-349


Comparison between RIPASA and modified Alvarado score in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis: A prospective observational study.

Hina Abdul Qayoom Khan, Saima Sagheer, Rabeeaa Farrukh, Mujeeb Ur Rehman Abbasi, Amjad siraj Memon, summaya saeed.




Abstract

Objective: To determine the diagnostic accuracy of RIPASA score in acute appendicitis compared to modified Alvarado score.
Methodology: The study included 65 patients who underwent appendectomy. The histopathological assessment was done and compared with the scores for diagnostic accuracy.
Results: The sensitivity of RIPASA score was 98.3%, with specificity of 100%, a positive predictive value of 100%, and negative predictive value of 80%. The Alvarado score had sensitivity and specificity of 65.6% and 75.0%, respectively.
Conclusion: We found that RIPASA was a better scoring system in our population when compared to modified Alvarado for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.

Key words: RIPASA, modified Alvarado, acute appendicitis, appendectomy.






Full-text options


Share this Article


Online Article Submission
• ejmanager.com


ejPort - eJManager.com
Refer & Earn
JournalList
 About BiblioMed
License Information
Terms & Conditions
Privacy Policy
 Contact Us

The articles in Bibliomed are open access articles licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY), which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.