Computer-aided diagnosis of acute abdominal pain.

Computer aided diagnosis of acute abdominal pain: a multicentre study.

A multicentre study of computer aided diagnosis for patients with acute abdominal pain was performed in eight centres with over 250 participating doctors and 16,737 patients. Performance in diagnosis and decision making was compared over two periods: a test period (when a small computer system was provided to aid diagnosis) and a baseline period (before the system was installed). The two period...

آیا مسکن در روند تشخیصی شکم حاد تأثیری دارد؟ مطالعه بالینی آینده‌نگر

Background: About one-forth of the patients admitted to the emergency department complain of acute abdominal pain. According to surgical records, most surgeons believe that pain relief for these patients may interfere with the clinical examinations and the final diagnoses. As a result, analgesics are withheld in patients with acute abdominal pain until the determination of a definite diagnosis ...

[Acute abdominal pain in the elderly].

In this article, I review the diagnosis and immediate prognosis of acute abdominal pain in elderly patients. I draw on published work and on three major series of patients, one collected since 1976 by the World Organization of Gastroenterology (OMGE) Research Committee, one by the 1986 United Kingdom National Study of Human and Computer-Aided Diagnosis, and one by the European Community 1993 Co...

Audit of computer-aided diagnosis of abdominal pain in accident and emergency departments.

ارزیابی سی‌‌تی‌‌اسکن اسپیرال در تشخیص بیماران مبتلا به درد شکم حاد غیرترومایی مراجعه‌کننده به بیمارستان سینا

Background: Acute abdominal pain is a common complaint in an emergency setting. An immediate and precise diagnosis is necessary for reducing morbidity and mortality. Several studies have reported that CT scan increases diagnostic accuracy for patients with acute abdominal pain. This study was designed to evaluate the sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of spiral CT scan compared to that of ab...