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

Background 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 inve...

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Veröffentlicht in:Canadian Journal of Surgery 2014-08, Vol.57 (4), p.E121-E125
Hauptverfasser: Kong, Victor Y., MSc, Van Der Linde, Stefan, MSc, Aldous, Colleen, PhD, Handley, Jonathan J., FCA(SA), Clarke, Damian L., M Med Sci, MBA, M Phil
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