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The effectiveness of ultrasound imaging in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis
Joint Authors
Source
Issue
Vol. 18, Issue 1 (31 Mar. 2012), pp.89-96, 8 p.
Publisher
University of Basrah College of Medicine
Publication Date
2012-03-31
Country of Publication
Iraq
No. of Pages
8
Main Subjects
Topics
Abstract EN
Acute appendicitis is still one of the most common surgical abdominal emergencies.
Ultrasound could increase the diagnostic accuracy in those patients presented with unclear symptoms and signs of acute appendicitis.
The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of U / S in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis.
This prospective study was conducted at the department of general surgery in AL-Sader Teaching Hospital from June 2008 to October 2011.
It included 129 patients suspected to have acute appendicitis.
Ultrasound (U / S) was done for all these patients.
There were (66) males represent (51 %) and (63) females represent (49 %).
These patients are grouped according to gender, age, signs & symptoms, laboratory tests, operative finding, the result of U / S examination and histopathologically result.
Ultrasound was positive in (111) patients (86 %) and negative in (18) patients (14 %).
Six patients out of (18) had true negative results while (12) patients were false negative.
Ultrasound sensitivity was (90 %) in diagnosing acute appendicitis, specificity was (66.6 %), accuracy rate was (88.3 %), positive predictive value (97.2 %) and negative predictive value (33.3 %).
It is concluded that U / S is a useful tool in providing valuable information for the diagnosis of suspected cases of acute appendicitis.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Hulw, Hamid R.& Merdan, Isam. 2012. The effectiveness of ultrasound imaging in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Basrah Journal of Surgery،Vol. 18, no. 1, pp.89-96.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-307021
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Hulw, Hamid R.& Merdan, Isam. The effectiveness of ultrasound imaging in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Basrah Journal of Surgery Vol. 18, no. 1 (Mar. 2012), pp.89-96.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-307021
American Medical Association (AMA)
Hulw, Hamid R.& Merdan, Isam. The effectiveness of ultrasound imaging in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Basrah Journal of Surgery. 2012. Vol. 18, no. 1, pp.89-96.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-307021
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references : p. 96
Record ID
BIM-307021