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Sensitivity and Specificity of the Alvarado Score for the Timely Differential Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis in Samoa

NCT05168410 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 225

Last updated 2021-12-23

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Summary

Retrospective clinical data review design of all patients admitted to the Tupua Tamasese Meaole Hospital Surgical Unit for AA from January 2015 to December 2016. Exclusion criteria were appendiceal abscess and/or mass, and final diagnosis 'not acute appendicitis'. Age, sex, village, Alvarado Score, Ultrasound Scan Result, surgical management, and histopathology result were the main variables entered into the SPSS statistical software package for analysis.

Conditions

  • Acute Appendicitis

Interventions

OTHER

Alvarado Score

The Alvarado Score assesses patient symptoms to enable optimal triage and management of cases with suspected acute appendicitis.a

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Fiji National University

    collaborator OTHER

  • Dr Annette Kaspar

    lead OTHER_GOV

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-12-31
Completion
2016-12-31

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