4 Nevertheless, the role of the Alvarado score might be significant in ruling out the diagnosis of acute appendicitis with a low cutoff, a conclusion endorsed in a meta-analysis by Ohle et al. 27 The authors, however, reported an overestimation of the Alvarado score among female patients.
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Evaluating the Diagnostic Accuracy of the Alvarado Score and Abdominal Ultrasound for Acute Appendicitis: A Retrospective Single-Center Study.
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