| Autor: |
Amit Patel, Marla Levine, Eitan Dickman, Lawrence Haines, Peter Homel, Antonios Likourezos, Illya Pushkar, Jefferson Drapkin, Alexander Arroyo |
| Jazyk: |
angličtina |
| Rok vydání: |
2020 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Western Journal of Emergency Medicine, Vol 21, Iss 2 (2020) |
| Druh dokumentu: |
article |
| ISSN: |
1936-9018 |
| DOI: |
10.5811/westjem.2019.10.44104 |
| Popis: |
Introduction: It is commonly assumed that orally-administered radiocontrast material (ORC) preceding abdominal ultrasound (US) performance can obscure image quality and potentially impair diagnostic accuracy when assessing patients with abdominal pain. Due to this concern, ORC administration per protocol for computed tomography (CT) is often delayed until after US performance, potentially contributing to prolonged length of stay in the emergency department (ED) in patients with concern for abdominal pathology. The objective of this study was to evaluate whether early administration of ORC in children with abdominal pain receiving abdominal CT for possible appendicitis obscures subsequent abdominal US image quality. Methods: We designed a prospective observational study of children |
| Databáze: |
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