ReviewJournal of medical radiation sciences2016
Ultrasound of paediatric appendicitis and its secondary sonographic signs: providing a more meaningful finding.
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- Predictors of Complicated Appendicitis with Evolution to Appendicular Peritonitis in Pediatric Patients.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2022Article
- Aeromedical retrieval for suspected appendicitis in rural and remote paediatric patients.Australasian journal of ultrasound in medicine · 2020Article
- The Modified Heidelberg and the AI Appendicitis Score Are Superior to Current Scores in Predicting Appendicitis in Children: A Two-Center Cohort Study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Article
- Bayesian Approach to Predicting Acute Appendicitis Using Ultrasonographic and Clinical Variables in Children.Healthcare informatics research · 2019Article
- Improving the value of ultrasound in children with suspected appendicitis: a prospective study integrating secondary sonographic signs.Ultrasonography (Seoul, Korea) · 2019Article
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- Paediatric appendiceal ultrasound: a survey of Australasian sonographers' opinions on examination performance and sonographic criteria.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2018Article
- Ultrasound of paediatric appendicitis and its secondary sonographic signs: providing a more meaningful finding.Journal of medical radiation sciences · 2016Review
- Ultrasonography-triggered diagnosis of putrid, ulcero-phlegmonous, hemorrhagic appendicitis and periappendicitis with an atypical symptom pattern: a case report.Military Medical Research · 2016Article
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Abstract
Sonography is an important clinical tool in diagnosing appendicitis in children as it can obviate both exposure to potentially harmful ionising radiation from computed tomography scans and the need for unnecessary appendicectomies. This review examines the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound in the identification of acute appendicitis, with a particular focus on the the utility of secondary sonographic signs as an adjunct or corollary to traditionally examined criteria. These secondary signs can be important in cases where the appendix cannot be identified with ultrasound and a more meaningful finding may be made by incorporating the presence or absence of secondary sonographic signs. There is evidence that integrating these secondary signs into the final ultrasound diagnosis can improve the utility of ultrasound in cases where appendicitis is expected, though there remains some conjecture about whether they play a more important role in negative or positive prediction in the absence of an identifiable appendix.
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