Open AccessEvaluation of alvarado score as an admission criterion in patients with suspencted diagnosis of acute appendicitis
Author(s) -
A O Tade
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
west african journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 0189-160X
DOI - 10.4314/wajm.v26i3.28311
Subject(s) - medicine , alvarado score , iliac fossa , acute appendicitis , appendicitis , emergency department , predictive value , prospective cohort study , surgery , psychiatry
Patients with right iliac fossa pain present a diagnostic challenge to emergency room doctors when equivocal signs are present.