Comparing the diagnostic accuracy of modified RIPASA and MASS in patients diagnosed with acute appendicitis in Suez Canal University Hospital Emergency Department: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Acute appendicitis is the most common surgical condition presented in emergency departments globally. It is also the most common cause of abdominal pain treated surgically, with a lifetime risk of 7%. Recent studies show MASS to be easy, simple and cheap diagnostic tool for supporting the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.The modified RIPASA scoring system includes more parameters than MASS and the latter did not contain certain parameters. These parameters are shown to add to the accuracy of modified RIPASA over MASS especially in Asian population.

Aim of this study

The aim of the study was to improve the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in order to lower the negative appendectomy rates.

Patients & methods

This is cross sectional study, the study included 4

SUBMITTER: Moussa BS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9361704 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature