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    Attention COACH STUDY participants:

    The principal investigators of the study request that you use the official version of the modified score here.

    RIPASA Score for Acute Appendicitis

    Diagnoses appendicitis with lab values and clinical findings, especially for Asian populations.
    When to Use
    Pearls/Pitfalls
    Why Use

    Patients being evaluated for acute appendicitis.

    • RIPASA is a scoring system for diagnosing appendicitis.
      • Similar to the Alvarado Score, it typically provides a quantitive value for a clinician's clinical gestalt of appendicitis.
    • It is very accurate for the diagnosis of appendicitis when above a point threshold - typically above 7.5 points.

    Points to keep in mind:

    • It has been most widely studied in Asian populations (Singapore, India) and less so in Western populations.
    • Because it was developed in Singapore which has a large number of foreign nationals, the “Foreign national registration identity card” was included in the score as it was found to have some predictive capacity. This is harder to apply to other populations.

    Negative appendectomies were relatively common in the RIPASA study cohorts, suggesting that use of the score might have reduced unnecessary surgeries while missing few with appendicitis.

    Demographic Information
    Female
    +0.5
    Male
    +1
    ≤40
    +1
    >40
    +0.5
    No
    0
    Yes
    +1
    Symtoms
    No
    0
    Yes
    +0.5
    No
    0
    Yes
    +0.5
    No
    0
    Yes
    +1
    No
    0
    Yes
    +1
    ≤48 hrs
    +1
    >48 hrs
    +0.5
    Signs
    No
    0
    Yes
    +1
    No
    0
    Yes
    +2
    No
    0
    Yes
    +1
    No
    0
    Yes
    +2
    No
    0
    Yes
    +2
    Labs
    No
    0
    Yes
    +1
    No
    0
    Yes
    +1

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    Creator Insights
    Dr. William Chong

    About the Creator

    William Chong, MD, MBBS, BSc, is a cardiothoracic surgeon at RIPAS Hospital in Bandar Seri Begawan in Brunei. He is an active researcher in his field as well as in general surgery.

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