Alvarado score: is it time to develop a clinical-pathological-radiological scoring system for diagnosing acute appendicitis?

Alvarado score: is it time to develop a clinical-pathological-radiological scoring system for diagnosing acute appendicitis?

[...]although explaining the role of CT scan, the authors state that a true alternative diagnosis may be evident if an appendix is found to be normal on CT scan unlike ultrasonography (USG) [2,3]. [...]the authors also state that CT scans perform very high for the diagnosis of AA regardless of the t...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of emergency medicine 2015-06, Vol.33 (6), p.839-840
Hauptverfasser: Debnath, Jyotindu, MD, Ravikumar, R., MD, Muralidharan, C.G., MD, DNB, Singh, Giriraj, MD, DNB
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Algorithms
Appendicitis
Appendicitis - diagnosis
Decision Support Techniques
Emergency
Emergency medical care
Female
Humans
Male
Medical imaging
Patients
Studies
Tomography
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Zusammenfassung:[...]although explaining the role of CT scan, the authors state that a true alternative diagnosis may be evident if an appendix is found to be normal on CT scan unlike ultrasonography (USG) [2,3]. [...]the authors also state that CT scans perform very high for the diagnosis of AA regardless of the technique and CT protocol used.
ISSN:0735-6757
1532-8171
DOI:10.1016/j.ajem.2015.03.010