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Clinical Studies
Lintula score a fast, easy, and effective tool for acute appendicitis diagnosis
1 General Laparoscopic, Head and Neck Surgeon, Quito Police Hospital N°1, Quito, Ecuador
2 General Laparoscopic and Bariatric Sugeon, Quito Police Hospital N°1, Quito, Ecuador
3 Postgraduate Medical Doctor, PGY4 General Surgery, PUCE, Quito Police Hospital N°1, Quito, Ecuador
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Article ID: 100046S05AP2020
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Palacios AD, Torres JP, Paredes VH, Delgado JA. Lintula score a fast, easy, and effective tool for acute appendicitis diagnosis. Edorium J Surg 2020;7:100046S05AP2020.ABSTRACT
Aims: To demonstrate the diagnosis accuracy of the Lintula score on acute appendicitis.
Methods: Clinical study not controlled for diagnostic tests validation. Clinical records of 291 patients who experienced an appendectomy between July 2014 and July 2015 were analyzed. Data was transferred to a digital base and it was analyzed in SPSS and R software.
Results: From a total of 291 patients, 262 (86%) had histopathological confirmation. From this group of patients, the majority (60.3%) had a histopathological suppurative type. Lintula score showed 89% sensitivity, 59% specificity, 95% positive predictive value, and 38% negative predictive value with 89% diagnostic precision for the acute appendicitis diagnostic.
Conclusion: Lintula score is a fast and easy-to-perform tool to enable a high diagnostic accuracy for acute appendicitis.
Keywords: Appendicitis, Diagnosis, Lintula score, Sensitivity, Specificity
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Author Contributions:
Antonio D Palacios - Substantial contributions to conception and design, Interpretation of data, Drafting the article, Final approval of the version to be published
Juan P Torres - Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Victor H Paredes - Acquisition of data, Analysis of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Jhony A Delgado - Interpretation of data, Revising it critically for important intellectual content, Final approval of the version to be published
Guaranter of SubmissionThe corresponding author is the guarantor of submission.
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Consent StatementWritten informed consent was obtained from the patient for publication of this article.
Data AvailabilityAll relevant data are within the paper and its Supporting Information files.
Conflict of InterestAuthors declare no conflict of interest.
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