Sonographic Screening of the Abdomen During Health Checkups: A Hospital-based Study
| Autor: | Kim-Choy Ng, Shih-Wei Lai |
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| Rok vydání: | 2003 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
business.industry Obstetrics Medical record Fatty liver gallstone medicine.disease Gastroenterology Hospital based study medicine.anatomical_structure Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging abdominal sonography Statistical significance Internal medicine Gallbladder polyp gallbladder polyp medicine Abdomen Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Cyst Hepatic Cyst business fatty liver hepatic cyst |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Medical Ultrasound. 11:107-110 |
| ISSN: | 0929-6441 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s0929-6441(09)60046-1 |
| Popis: | Background The use of abdominal sonography offers an important, non-invasive means of evaluating abdominal disorders, and it is a procedure that is readily available in the primary health care setting. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of findings on abdominal sonography and how they relate to the gender and age of the patient. Materials and Methods This was a hospital-based descriptive study. We retrospectively analyzed the medical records of all patients who received health checkups under a private-payment scheme at China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan, from 2000 to 2002. In total, 3,053 patients with common sonographic findings were included for further analysis. Abdominal sonography was performed by gastroenterologists. The Chi-squared test was used in analysis. Results There were 1,342 women (44%) and 1,711 men (56%), with a mean age of 49.7 ± 12.3 years (range, 20–87 years), included in the study. The sonographic findings were as follows: fatty liver (41.6%), gallstone (5.9%), gallbladder polyp (4.0%), hepatic cyst (3.9%), renal cyst (4.1%), hepatic hemangioma (1.8%), and splenomegaly (1.6%). Using the Chi-squared test, the prevalence of fatty liver, gallbladder polyp, renal cyst, and splenomegaly was found to be higher in men than in women; the difference was statistically significant. The prevalence of fatty liver, gallstone, hepatic cyst, and renal cyst increased with age in both men and women, also with statistical significance. Conclusion This study may provide background data for future investigation of the prevalence of findings on abdominal sonography in the primary health care setting. |
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