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Journal of Cardiovascular Disease Research

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    ‘RIPASA’ A NEW SCORING SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS AND ITS COMPARISION WITH ALVARADO SCORE


    Dr. Amita Jaiswal, Dr. Bhavesh Khandelwal, Dr. Jitendra Mewara, Dr. Anshul Jaiswal, Dr. Nancy Jain
    JCDR. 2023: 232-236

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    RIPASA scoring system is the more suitable appendicitis scoring system developed for local settings that is south-east Asia and has high sensitivity, specificity and diagnostic accuracy. AIMS & OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the sensitivity, specificity, PPV, NPV of RIPASA score in diagnosing acute appendicitis.and to compare the diagnostic validity of RIPASA score with that of Alvarado score. MATERIAL & METHOD: All 100 cases were admitted under Department of General Surgery, Index Medical College Hospital & Research Centre, Indore, Madhya Pradesh , Study was non randomized observational of 18 months duration RESULTS: The RIPASA scoring system at the threshold value of 7.5 appears to be a better diagnostic scoring system than Alvarado scoring system in our local population. CONCLUSION: By comparision, RIPASA score is a better diagnostic scoring system when compared to Alvarado score in our local population.

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