ArticleCritical ultrasound journal2013
Accuracy of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in adult patients: review of the literature.
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- Comparison of RIPASA and ALVARADO scores for risk assessment of acute appendicitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2022Pooled it
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- Appendicitis Caused by a Giant Appendicolith.Cureus · 2023Article
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- Clinical Prediction Score for Ruptured Appendicitis in ED.Emergency medicine international · 2021Article
- Combination of Common Problem in a Rare Disease: Right Iliac Fossa Pain in a Chronic Myeloid Leukemia Patient.Cureus · 2020Article
- Fast acquisition abdominal MRI study for the investigation of suspected acute appendicitis in paediatric patients.Insights into imaging · 2020Article
- [Sudden chest pain and lower abdominal pain : The usual suspects].Der Radiologe · 2020Review
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Abdominal Ultrasonography in Pediatric Acute Appendicitis.Bulletin of emergency and trauma · 2019Article
- Diagnostic performance of abdominal point of care ultrasound performed by an emergency physician in acute right iliac fossa pain.Critical ultrasound journal · 2018Article
- [Point-of-care ultrasonography of the abdomen in emergency and intensive care medicine].Medizinische Klinik, Intensivmedizin und Notfallmedizin · 2018Review
- Investigating Diagnostic Value of Ultrasonography in Acute Appendicitis.Advanced biomedical research · 2018Article
- Can common serum biomarkers predict complicated appendicitis in children?Pediatric surgery international · 2017Article
- Imaging trends in suspected appendicitis-a Canadian perspective.Emergency radiology · 2017Article
- The Accuracy of Emergency Physicians in Ultrasonographic Screening of Acute Appendicitis; a Cross Sectional Study.Emergency (Tehran, Iran) · 2017Article
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Abstract
backgroundUltrasound is a widely used technique in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis; nevertheless, its utilization still remains controversial.
methodsThe accuracy of the Ultrasound technique in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis in the adult patient, as shown in the literature, was searched for.
resultsThe gold standard for the diagnosis of appendicitis still remains pathologic confirmation after appendectomy. In the published literature, graded-compression Ultrasound has shown an extremely variable diagnostic accuracy in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis (sensitivity range from 44% to 100%; specificity range from 47% to 99% ). This is due to many reasons, including lack of operator skill, increased bowel gas content, obesity, anatomic variants, and limitations to explore patients with previuos laparotomies.
conclusionsGraded-compression Ultrasound still remains our first-line method in patients referred with clinically suspected acute appendicitis: nevertheless, due to variable diagnostic accuracy, individual skill is requested not only to perform a successful exam, but also in order to triage those equivocal cases that, subsequently, will have to undergo assessment by means of Computed Tomography.
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