Accuracy of ultrasonography in acute right lower quadrant problems in children

Autor:	Leonard E. Swischuk, Susan D. John, C. Chong-Han, Eric P. Hendrick
Rok vydání:	1999
Předmět:	medicine.medical_specialty business.industry Ultrasound Primary care medicine.disease Appendicitis Acute abdomen Emergency Medicine medicine Right lower quadrant Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Right lower quadrant pain Radiology Medical diagnosis Ultrasonography medicine.symptom business
Zdroj:	Emergency Radiology. 6:350-354
ISSN:	1438-1435 1070-3004
DOI:	10.1007/s101400050084
Popis:	The ultrasonographic findings in 139 consecutive children examined for right lower quadrant pain were prospectively documented. The following diagnoses were offered: (1) normal, (2) appendicitis, (3) mesenteric adenitis-enteritis, (4) adnexal problems, and (5) other. These diagnoses were then compared to the final operative or nonoperative clinical diagnoses in each case and overall percent accuracy was determined. The overall percent accuracy was 98 %, and with this result ultrasound of the acute abdomen, especially the right lower quadrant, can be placed into the forefront of primary care imaging of patients with right lower quadrant pain. Ultrasound provides more useful information, quicker, and more consistently than do clinical or laboratory evaluations. Consideration should be given to the performance of this study early in the work-up of these patients.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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