The accuracy of the Alvarado score in predicting acute appendicitis in the black South African population needs to be validated | Zendy

Victor Kong | Zendy; Stefan Van Der Linde | Zendy; Colleen Aldous | Zendy; Jonathan Handley | Zendy; Damian Clarke | Zendy

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The accuracy of the Alvarado score in predicting acute appendicitis in the black South African population needs to be validated

Author(s) -

Victor Kong,

Stefan Van Der Linde,

Colleen Aldous,

Jonathan Handley,

Damian Clarke

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.023013

Subject(s) - medicine , alvarado score , population , checklist , appendicitis , surgery , psychology , environmental health , cognitive psychology

The Alvarado score is the most widely used clinical prediction tool to facilitate decision-making in patients with acute appendicitis, but it has not been validated in the black South African population, which has much wider differential diagnosis than developed world populations. We investigated the applicability of this score to our local population and sought to introduce a checklist for rural doctors to facilitate early referral.

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