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RIPASA Score (Appendicitis) calculator

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Formula inputs

  • Male Sex
  • Age 5 To 45
  • Pain Migration
  • Anorexia (present)
  • Nausea Vomiting
  • RLQ Tenderness
  • Cough Percussion Tenderness
  • Rebound Tenderness
  • Fever
  • Elevated WBC
  • Neutrophilia
  • Negative Psoas

Primary source

Chong CF et al. Development of the RIPASA score: a novel appendicitis scoring system. Colorectal Dis. DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2009.02075.x. PMID: 19804400. Scope: RIPASA weighted clinical-laboratory score for acute appendicitis (max 12) with published cutoffs for low/intermediate/high probability. (2010)

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