Ultrasound of Acute Appendicitis in the Admission Room of a Multidisciplinary Surgical Hospital

Ultrasound (US) for diagnosing acute appendicitis (AA) and its complications in the admission room may be used as a primary diagnostic method in urgent patients. A total of 180 adult patients underwent US for suspected appendicitis; these results showed high possibilities in pathology screening and...

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Published inInternational journal of biomedicine Vol. 8; no. 4; pp. 324 - 326
Main Authors Vasilyeva, Mariya, Vasilyev, Alexander, Lezhnev, Dmitry, Egorova, Elena, Smyslenova, Margarita, Truten, Viktor, Petrovskaya, Viktoriya, Molchanova, Polina, Dutova, Margarita
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published International Medical Research and Development Corporation 01.12.2018
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acute appendicitis
appendix
diagnostic algorithm
ultrasound
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Summary:Ultrasound (US) for diagnosing acute appendicitis (AA) and its complications in the admission room may be used as a primary diagnostic method in urgent patients. A total of 180 adult patients underwent US for suspected appendicitis; these results showed high possibilities in pathology screening and differential diagnosis from similar clinical diseases. The accuracy of US in detecting AA with obvious clinical findings and typical position is 100%, but in retrocecal and retroperitoneal forms, it decreases to 84%. With our algorithm of the right iliac and localized pain regions, US scanning optimizes the screening of patients with suspected AA presented in the admission room.
ISSN:2158-0510
2158-0529
DOI:10.21103/Article8(4)_OA11