Appendiceal Visualization on 2-mSv CT vs. Conventional-Dose CT in Adolescents and Young Adults with Suspected Appendicitis: An Analysis of Large Pragmatic Randomized Trial Data

• Published in: Korean journal of radiology Vol. 23; no. 4; pp. 413 - 425
• Main Authors: Cho, Jungheum, Kim, Youngjune, Lee, Seungjae, Min, Hooney Daniel, Ko, Yousun, Chee, Choong Guen, Kim, Hae Young, Park, Ji Hoon, Lee, Kyoung Ho
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Korea (South) The Korean Society of Radiology 01.04.2022; 대한영상의학회
• Subjects: Abscesses; Adolescent; Adult; Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Appendicitis - diagnostic imaging; Appendicitis - surgery; Appendix - diagnostic imaging; Diagnostic tests; Emergency medical care; Female; Gastrointestinal Imaging; Humans; Likert scale; Patients; Physicians; Radiation; Radiologists; Surgery; Teenagers; Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods; Ultrasonic imaging; Visualization; Young Adult; Young adults; 방사선과학; South Korea; Tomography, X-ray computed; Appendicitis; Radiation dosage; Abdomen

We compared appendiceal visualization on 2-mSv CT vs. conventional-dose CT (median 7 mSv) in adolescents and young adults and analyzed the undesirable clinical and diagnostic outcomes that followed appendiceal nonvisualization. A total of 3074 patients aged 15-44 years (mean ± standard deviation, 28...