Prospective Evaluation of a Clinical Pathway for Suspected Appendicitis
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Prospective Evaluation of a Clinical Pathway for Suspected Appendicitis
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a clinical pathway for suspected appendicitis combining the Samuel’s pediatric appendicitis score (PAS) and selective use of ultrasonography (US) as the primary imaging modality. METHODS: Prospective, observational cohort study conducted at an urban, academic pediatric emergency department. After initial evaluation, patients were determined to b...
متن کاملProspective evaluation of a clinical pathway for suspected appendicitis.
OBJECTIVE To evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of a clinical pathway for suspected appendicitis combining the Samuel's pediatric appendicitis score (PAS) and selective use of ultrasonography (US) as the primary imaging modality. METHODS Prospective, observational cohort study conducted at an urban, academic pediatric emergency department. After initial evaluation, patients were determined to b...
متن کاملProspective nationwide outcome audit of surgery for suspected acute appendicitis.
BACKGROUND Studies comparing laparoscopic and open appendicectomy are difficult to interpret owing to several types of bias, and the results often seem of limited clinical importance. National audits can be valuable to provide insight into outcomes following appendicectomy at a population level. METHODS A prospective, observational, resident-led, nationwide audit was carried out over a period...
متن کاملEvaluation of Suspected Pediatric Appendicitis with Alvarado Method Using a Computerized Intelligent Model
Background: Acute appendicitis is one of the common and urgent illnesses among children. Children usually are unable to help the physicians completely due to weakness in describing the medical history. Moreover, acute appendicitis overlaps with conditions of other diseases in terms of Symptoms and signs in the first hours of presentation. These conditions lead to unwanted biases as well as err...
متن کاملSuspected Appendicitis
From the Departments of Radiology (E.K.P.) and Surgery (M.F.K., T.N.P.), Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N.C. Address reprint requests to Dr. Paulson at the Department of Radiology, Duke University Medical Center, Box 3808, Durham, NC 27710, or at [email protected]. An otherwise healthy 22-year-old woman comes to the emergency department with acute abdominal pain of 18 hours’ duratio...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Pediatrics
سال: 2013
ISSN: 0031-4005,1098-4275
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-2208