Research Journal of Medical Sciences
ISSN: Online 1993-6095ISSN: Print 1815-9346
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For people of all ages, acute appendicitis is a prevalent cause of abdominal discomfort. However, in the early stages of the disease, it might be a confusing diagnostic issue. Its clinical signs might be hazy and unclear in many cases, notably during the prodromal phase. Patients with right lower quadrant pain were scored using the Alvarado score, compression ultrasound scans were performed on the patients and the results were correlated with the histological and surgical findings. This research was an evaluation that was conducted prospectively. This study was carried out at the Ramakrishna Mission Seva Pratishthan Department of General Surgery in Kolkata between May 2003 and April 2005. This research had 51 patients in total. When all data (51 instances) are taken into account using the Alvarado Scoring and ultrasonography procedures, the distribution of cases in the categories TP, TN, FP and FN reaches a statistical significance of p = 0.0221. However, when looking at the data by sex the distribution of instances in the groups TP, TN, FP and FN in both Alvarado scoring and ultrasonography techniques did not approach a statistical significance. We may finish our discussion by saying that while a high Alvarado Score is a reliable tool for diagnosing acute appendicitis in males early on, it is not true for women.
How to cite this article:
Somnath Biswas, Prabal Kanti Mondal, Joy Roy and Sutandro Choudhury. Study of Alvarado Score and Ultrasonography in Diagnosis of Appendicitis Evaluated with Operative
and Histopathology Findings.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.36478/10.59218/makrjms.2023.12.487.491
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