| Autor: |
Roshan J. D’Cruz, Allison F. Linden, Courtney L. Devin, Jillian Savage, Arezoo Zomorrodi, Kirk W. Reichard, Arabinda Choudhary, Loren Berman |
| Rok vydání: |
2021 |
| Zdroj: |
Pediatric qualitysafety. 7(2) |
| ISSN: |
2472-0054 |
| Popis: |
Ultrasound (US) for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis is often nondiagnostic, and additional imaging is required. A standardized approach may reduce unnecessary imaging.We retrospectively analyzed all patients who had imaging for appendicitis in our emergency department in 2017 and evaluated patient characteristics associated with nondiagnostic US. Using these results, we developed a pediatric appendicitis score (PAS)-based imaging pathway and compared imaging trends prepathway and postpathway implementation.A total of 971 patients received imaging for suspected appendicitis prepathway in 2017. Female sex, obesity, and low/intermediate PAS were significantly associated with nondiagnostic US, but not magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) (A PAS-based imaging stewardship pathway reduces unnecessary imaging for suspected appendicitis. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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