ArticleRisk management and healthcare policy2021
Observation of the Effectiveness of a Diagnostic Model for Acute Abdominal Pain Based on the Etiology Checklist and Process Thinking.
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- Checklists to reduce diagnostic error: a systematic review of the literature using a human factors framework.BMJ open · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Use of Primary Care Checklists and of Extent of Clinical Experience on Performance in Interpreting Paediatric ECGs Linked to Risk of Sudden Cardiac Death.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Development and implementation of an etiology-based diagnostic framework for acute abdominal pain in emergency settings.Hereditas · 2025Article
- The Acute Abdomen: Structured Diagnosis and Treatment.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2025Review
- Diagnostic Value of Physical Examination, Ultrasound, and Radiography Compared to Computed Tomography in the Evaluation of Nontraumatic Left Lower Quadrant Acute Abdominal Pain.Emergency medicine international · 2025Article
- Machine learning based prediction models for analyzing risk factors in patients with acute abdominal pain: a retrospective study.Frontiers in medicine · 2024Article
- Construction and Evaluation of Neural Network Correlation Model between Syndrome Elements and Physical and Chemical Indexes of Unstable Angina Pectoris Complicated with Anxiety.Computational and mathematical methods in medicine · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe present study aimed to explore the effectiveness of the etiology checklist and process thinking in the differential diagnosis for acute abdominal pain.
methodsA retrospective design was used to include 5,403 patients with acute abdominal pain in the Emergency Department of Hebei Provincial People's Hospital. The patients with acute abdominal pain between July and December 2017 in whom the etiology checklist and process thinking were not implemented were selected as the traditional group. Those with acute abdominal pain between July and December 2018 in whom the etiology checklist and process thinking were implemented were selected as the process thinking group. The clinical data, such as the emergency length of stay, hospitalization expenses, hospitalization length of stay, diagnostic accuracy, and outcome, were compared between the two groups.
resultsFor patients at emergency level 2 and above, the average emergency length of stay was shorter in the process thinking group than in the traditional group, while the average emergency length of stay was longer for patients at emergency level 3. For hospitalized patients at emergency level 2 and above and patients at emergency level 3, those in the process thinking group had improved diagnostic accuracy, shorter average hospitalization length of stay, reduced average hospital expenses, and improved outcomes. In the comparison among six physicians, the results in the traditional group were inconsistent and statistically different in terms of the average emergency length of stay and diagnostic accuracy, while the results in the process thinking group tended to be consistent. The differences were not statistically different.
conclusionThe diagnostic model for acute abdominal pain based on the etiology checklist and process thinking could improve the diagnostic accuracy and outcomes for patients with acute abdominal pain.
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