The Alvarado Score is accurate in pregnancy: a retrospective case-control study

dc.authoridbardakçı, Osman/0000-0003-0067-3451
dc.authoridYÜCEL, YUSUF CEM/0000-0001-6183-0129
dc.authoridYalcin, Huseyin Cahit/0000-0001-8123-5474
dc.authoridIncebiyik, Adnan/0000-0002-0500-4604
dc.authorwosidTatlı, Faik/ABH-7308-2020
dc.authorwosidYalçın, Hüseyin/GWC-0247-2022
dc.authorwosidbardakçı, Osman/HZJ-3644-2023
dc.authorwosidUzunköy, Ali/ABI-3360-2020
dc.authorwosidUyanikoglu, Hacer/AAF-6730-2021
dc.authorwosidincebiyik, adnan/ABH-9794-2020
dc.authorwosidYÜCEL, YUSUF CEM/AAE-3029-2022
dc.contributor.authorTatli, F.
dc.contributor.authorYucel, Y.
dc.contributor.authorGozeneli, O.
dc.contributor.authorDirican, A.
dc.contributor.authorUzunkoy, A.
dc.contributor.authorYalcin, H. C.
dc.contributor.authorOzgonul, A.
dc.date.accessioned2024-08-04T20:44:06Z
dc.date.available2024-08-04T20:44:06Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.departmentİnönü Üniversitesien_US
dc.description.abstractBackgroundAcute appendicitis is the most frequent abdominal condition that requires non-obstetric surgical intervention during pregnancy. This study aims to scan pregnant patients operated on for acute appendicitis to evaluate the efficiency of using the Alvarado Score (AS) for diagnosis.MethodsOur study included 48 pregnant patients who were pre-diagnosed with acute appendicitis and operated on at our department of general surgery from January 2010 to July 2016 and whose files were accessed. Fifty-three non-pregnant female patients of reproductive age who were operated on for appendicitis during the same period were included in the study as the control group. The patients in both groups were divided into two groups based on their AS total score being 7 and 7.ResultsThe mean age of the 48 pregnant patients was 28 (19-42) years, while the mean age of the 53 control patients was 31 (18-45) years. Among pregnant and non-pregnant women, about a third of patients had an AS<7 (16 of 48 versus 18 of 53). There was no significant difference when the AS scores of both groups were compared (p=0.947). Using pathology results as reference test, the sensitivity and specificity of the AS in pregnant women was 79 and 80%.ConclusionsAs a result, when the data collected by our study are evaluated, we see that pregnancy does not have a negative effect on the efficacy of AS. Therefore, the AS system can be an easy, non-invasive auxiliary diagnostic tool with high diagnosis accuracy rates that can be used in pregnant patients suspected of having acute appendicitis.en_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s00068-017-0855-x
dc.identifier.endpage416en_US
dc.identifier.issn1863-9933
dc.identifier.issn1863-9941
dc.identifier.issue3en_US
dc.identifier.pmid29128890en_US
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85033459559en_US
dc.identifier.scopusqualityQ2en_US
dc.identifier.startpage411en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00068-017-0855-x
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11616/98021
dc.identifier.volume45en_US
dc.identifier.wosWOS:000471927600006en_US
dc.identifier.wosqualityQ2en_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Scienceen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakScopusen_US
dc.indekslendigikaynakPubMeden_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringer Heidelbergen_US
dc.relation.ispartofEuropean Journal of Trauma and Emergency Surgeryen_US
dc.relation.publicationcategoryMakale - Uluslararası Hakemli Dergi - Kurum Öğretim Elemanıen_US
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccessen_US
dc.subjectPregnancyen_US
dc.subjectAlvarado scoreen_US
dc.subjectAcute appendicitisen_US
dc.titleThe Alvarado Score is accurate in pregnancy: a retrospective case-control studyen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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