Acute appendicitis: Factors associated with inconclusive ultrasound study and the need for additional computed tomography
| Autor: | Eric Delabrousse, B. Paquette, L. Revel, S. Bouveresse, M. Landecy, M. Pelin |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Male Working hours medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Computed tomography 030218 nuclear medicine & medical imaging Young Adult 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Humans Medicine Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging In patient Aged Retrospective Studies Ultrasonography Aged 80 and over Ultrasound study Radiological and Ultrasound Technology medicine.diagnostic_test business.industry Ultrasound Reproducibility of Results General Medicine Middle Aged Appendicitis Appendix medicine.anatomical_structure 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Acute Disease Acute appendicitis Female Radiology Tomography X-Ray Computed business Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging. 99:809-814 |
| ISSN: | 2211-5684 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.diii.2018.07.004 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE To identify variables associated with inconclusive ultrasound examination and the need for further abdominopelvic computed tomography (CT) examination for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 105 adult patients with acute appendicitis were included. There were 55 patients (38 men, 17 women; mean age, 23±9 [SD] years; range: 15-58 years) with a diagnosis of acute appendicitis using ultrasound alone and 50 patients (30 men, 20 women; mean age, 31±14 [SD] years; range: 16-83 years) who required further CT. Demographic, clinical, and biological criteria and appendix location were compared between the two groups to search for variables associated with the need of further CT. RESULTS Patients who required further CT were older (31.1±14 [SD] years) and had a greater body mass index (BMI) (26.7±4.3 [SD]kg/m2) than those who did not require CT (23±9 [SD] years and 22.9±3.4 [SD]kg/m2), respectively (P |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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