Alvarado score


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Alvarado score

(al-vă-rod′ō)
[A. Alvarado, U.S. physician]
A diagnostic tool to estimate the likelihood that a patient with abdominal pain has appendicitis. It includes the following clinical features: 1) an elevated white blood cell count (esp. when associated with a left shift); 2) abdominal pain that migrates to the right lower quadrant of the abdomen; 3) loss of appetite; 4) nausea and/or vomiting; 5) tenderness in the right lower quadrant; 6) rebound tenderness; and 7) fever. Patients with few of these clinical features are unlikely to have an inflamed appendix; patients with most of these findings are likely to benefit from appendectomy.
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Modified Alvarado Score of all patients was calculated on a proforma which included migratory right iliac fossa pain, anorexia, nausea/vomiting, tenderness in right iliac fossa, rebound tenderness, elevated temperature and leucocytosis (>10 x 109/L).
VALIDITY OF MODIFIED ALVARADO SCORING SYSTEM (MASS) IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS
The role of ultrasonography and Alvarado score in diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
Is There Any Association Between the Efficacy of Imaging Techniques and the Age of the Patient in the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis?
Objective: In this study, we aimed to show the effectiveness of Alvarado score and its components to predict the correct diagnosis of acute appendicitis and to find an optimum cut-off value for Alvarado score.
Evaluation of the Alvarado scoring system in the management of acute appendicitis
Alvarado score introduced in 19851516 and its modified version [17] is the most widely used scoring system.
Evaluation of modified Alvarado score in diagnosis of acute appendicitis- a prospective study comparing the score with histopathology
In the present study, the Alvarado score was higher in the partial cecectomy group than in the extended cecectomy group.
Prognostic factors for extended cecectomy in complicated appendicitis
The use of the Alvarado score in the management of right lower quadrant abdominal pain in the adult, Journal of Visceral Surgery, April 2010.
Synchronous obstructive ureterolithiasis and acute appendicitis
Sohail made a presentation on "An Experience of Alvarado Score in LUMHS".
Interesting cases presented as Society of Surgeons meeting held at Mirpur Khas
The investigators matched the control patients with cases on age, gender, Alvarado score (a numeric value based on eight signs and symptoms of acute appendicitis), and year of diagnosis.
Study: early analgesia not associated with delayed appendicitis diagnosis
Evaluation of the modified Alvarado score in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis: a prospective study.
SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN CASES OF SUSPECTED ACUTE APPENDICITIS; RESULTS OF A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY
To study the effectiveness of modified Alvarado score in acute appendicitis.
Role of modified Alvarado scoring in acute appendicitis and its histopathological correlation in government vellore medical college hospital
Diagnostic values of a single serum biomarker at different time points compared with Alvarado score and imaging examinations in pediatric appendicitis.
PREDICTIVE VALUE OF LEUKOCYTOSIS FOR DIAGNOSING ACUTE APPENDICITIS
Popular among them is Alvarado Score described in 1986.
Comparison of sensitivity and specificity of Alvarado score with modified Alvarado score in patients with acute appendicitis: in a tertiary care hospital RIMS, Srikakulam
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