Appendicitis
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Patients undergoing emergency appendicectomy for suspected appendicitis. [Acute (1 week or less) non traumatic right iliac fossa pain consistent with a diagnosis of appendicitis, i.e. pain associated with nausea, anorexia, vomiting and fever along with clinical signs as tenderness and rebound tenderness in right iliac fossa.] Or USG suggestive of appendicitis.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: Patients with a history of abdominal trauma, Patients with age less than 12 years, Abdominal pain of duration more than one week, Patients with non RIF pain.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| RIPASA and AIR superior to MASS;SEN, SPE, ACC; | — |
Countries
India
Contacts
General surgery department, Government Medical College Trivandrum