Eficacia de la ecografía abdominal como método diagnóstico de apendicitis aguda en el periodo comprendido entre el 1 enero 2018 al 31 de diciembre 2019 en pacientes entre las edades de 18 a 90 años, en el servicio de cirugía del Hospital Alcívar.

Abstract

Introduction: Acute appendicitis at the national level becomes one of the most frequent causes of acute abdominal pain, occurring with greater recurrence in the second and third decades of life, in standard greater than 22 years; the diagnosis is clinical in hand with laboratory tests and imaging such as abdominal ultrasound. General objective: To determine the efficacy of the use of abdominal ultrasound, its validity and reliability for the timely diagnosis of patients with acute appendicitis. Methodology: A correlational, descriptive, observational, retrospective, cross-sectional and analytical study. The data were extracted through the review of medical records by using a Microsoft Excel data collection sheet at Alcívar Hospital from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2019. A total sample of 152 patients was included. Results: There is a significant dependency relationship between the ultrasound report and the Alvarado score in the study participants as well as the relationship between the surgical finding and the ultrasound. with more frequent evidence regarding the ultrasound report, enlarged or enlarged appendix and within the surgical finding, these were of edematous characteristic, which carries a truthful and valid relationship; thus confirming the effectiveness of imaging through ultrasound in our study sample. Conclusion: The use of ultrasound as an imaging medium provides a better parameter for the diagnosis andXVI follow-up of patients with acute appendicitis in the surgery department of the Alcívar Hospital.