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World J Gastroenterol. Dec 21, 2013; 19(47): 9057-9062
Published online Dec 21, 2013. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v19.i47.9057
Alvarado, Eskelinen, Ohhmann and Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Appendicitis scores for diagnosis of acute appendicitis
Hasan Erdem, Süleyman Çetinkünar, Koray Daş, Enver Reyhan, Cumhur Değer, Mehmet Aziret, Hilmi Bozkurt, Selçuk Uzun, Selim Sözen, Oktay İrkörücü
Hasan Erdem, Süleyman Çetinkünar, Koray Daş, Enver Reyhan, Cumhur Değer, Mehmet Aziret, Hilmi Bozkurt, Selçuk Uzun, Selim Sözen, Oktay İrkörücü, Department of General Surgery, Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital, Adana 01240, Turkey
Author contributions: Erdem H and Daş K designed the research; Erdem H and Çetinkünar S performed the research; İrkörücü O, Deger C, Uzun S, and Sözen S contributed new reagents or analytic tools; Reyhan E, Aziret M, Bozkurt H, and Çetinkünar S analyzed the data; and Erdem H and Çetinkünar S wrote the paper.
Correspondence to: Süleyman Çetinkünar, MD, Department of General Surgery, Adana Numune Training and Research Hospital, Yuregir, Adana 01240, Turkey. slmcetin@gmail.com
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Received: July 11, 2013
Revised: September 9, 2013
Accepted: September 16, 2013
Published online: December 21, 2013
Core Tip

Core tip: Several scoring systems have been devised to aid decision making in doubtful acute appendicitis cases, including the Ohmann, Alvarado, Eskelinen, Raja Isteri Pengiran Anak Saleha Appendicitis and several others. These scores utilize routine clinical and laboratory assessments and are simple to use in a variety of clinical settings. However, differences in sensitivities and specificities were observed if the scores were applied to various populations and clinical settings, usually with worse performance when applied outside the population in which they were originally created.