Escala de Alvarado en apendicitis aguda
Acute Appendicitis (AA) is an inflammatory process of the cecal (or vermiform) appendix, frequently due to the obstruction of the lumen of the appendix. It is also associated with a high risk of developing ileus, peritonitis, abdominal abscess if it does not have a fast and timely treatment. Techn...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Spanish |
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2020
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| Online Access: | https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=7596316 |
| Source: | RECIMUNDO: Revista Científica de la Investigación y el Conocimiento, ISSN 2588-073X, Vol. 4, Nº. 4, 2020, pags. 123-133 |
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Acute Appendicitis (AA) is an inflammatory process of the cecal (or vermiform) appendix, frequently due to the obstruction
of the lumen of the appendix. It is also associated with a high risk of developing ileus, peritonitis, abdominal abscess if
it does not have a fast and timely treatment. Technological tools such as CT, ultrasound and MRI are currently the ideal
complement for the diagnosis of AA, which is initially based on the clinic, however, this possibility still does not exist in most
hospitals and emergency services worldwide, hence the importance of other diagnostic methods in this type of pathology,
as is the case with the Alvarado Scale. It is precisely on the basis of these types of situations that the interest arose to de-
velop this study, which aimed to explore and identify, through the use of databases and specialized search engines, current
sources with which to refer and support what it consists of. the use of the Alvarado Scale for the diagnosis of AA, which is
why it was decided to carry out a bibliographic design research, under a review methodology. With the results, evidence is
left of the different sources and resources found, which support some meanings of AA, etiology, symptoms and diagnosis,
the latter being the point in which emphasis is made regarding the Alvarado Scale, alluding to the results obtained in other
studies. In short, the Alvarado Scale reduces the preoperative evolution time by accelerating the identification of the clinical
picture, an aspect that is transcendental in situations of health care centers and / or emergency services with deficient or
non-existent conditions of appropriate imaging equipment for this type of pathologies. |
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