Emergency Medicine · Surgery
RIPASA Score (Appendicitis) calculator
Enter the published formula inputs below to calculate and interpret this score.
Clinical inputs
Result
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RIPASA: low risk category
Interpret only within the cited source population and criteria; use alongside complete clinical assessment.
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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