- ►rsna.org AS Doria, R Moineddin, CJ Kellenberger, M … - Radiology, 2006 - radiology.rsna.org Materials and Methods: Medical literature (from 1986 to 2004) was searched for
articles on studies that used US, CT, or both as diagnostic tests for
appendicitis in children (26 studies, 9356 patients) or adults (31 studies, ... Cited by 69 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
JL Old, RW Dusing, W Yap, J Dirks - Am Fam Physician, 2005 - aafp.org Acute appendicitis is the most common reason for emergency abdominal surgery and
must be distinguished from other causes of abdominal pain. Family physicians
play a valuable role in the early diagnosis and management of this ... Cited by 38 - Related articles - All 11 versions
- ►ucla.edu [PDF] MH Flasar, R Cross, E Goldberg - Primary Care: Clinics in Office Practice, 2006 - Elsevier Abdominal pain is a complaint seen commonly in the outpatient setting. Many
etiologies, both acute and chronic, can be evaluated on an outpatient basis.
However, several causes of abdominal pain necessitate prompt, focused, and ... Cited by 26 - Related articles - All 9 versions
AR Weston, TJ Jackson, S Blamey - International journal of technology assessment in …, 2005 - Cambridge Univ Press Keywords: Appendicitis, Diagnosis, Spiral computed tomography, Ultrasonography,
Academic review ... Acute appendicitis is the most common indication for emer-
gency abdominal surgery in Australia. Despite the preva- lence of acute ... Cited by 17 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
A van Randen, S Bipat, AH Zwinderman, DT … - Radiology, 2008 - radiology.rsna.org Materials and Methods: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and Cochrane databases were
searched from January 1966 to February 2006. Prospective trials were selected if
they (a) compared graded compression US and CT in the same patient ... Cited by 17 - Related articles - All 5 versions
E Lazarus, WW Mayo-Smith, MB Mainiero, PK … - Radiology, 2007 - radiology.rsna.org Materials and Methods: Institutional review board approval was obtained, and the
study was HIPAA compliant. Informed consent was waived. Findings of 80
consecutive CT examinations performed in 78 pregnant women (mean age, 25.9 ... Cited by 16 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
NE Tzanakis, SP Efstathiou, K Danulidis, GE … - World journal of surgery, 2005 - Springer 1 Fourth Surgical Clinic, Athens University, Medical School, General State
Hospital of Nikea, 3 D.Mantouvalou Str., Piraeus 18454, Greece 2 Third
Department of Medicine, Athens University, Medical School, Sotiria General ... Cited by 14 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
- ►nih.gov DG Bundy, JS Byerley, EA Liles, EM Perrin, J … - Jama, 2007 - Am Med Assoc Context Evaluation of abdominal pain in children can be difficult. Rapid,
accurate diagnosis of appendicitis in children reduces the morbidity of this
common cause of pediatric abdominal pain. Clinical evaluation may help ... Cited by 13 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
D Gracey, MJ McClure - Clinical Radiology, 2007 - Elsevier Clinical suspicion was altered by knowledge of laboratory results. The decision
to operate if US had been unavailable, was “yes” in 70 cases (group A),
“no” in 231 (group B), and incomplete in 26 (group C). In group A, 31 ... Cited by 11 - Related articles - All 13 versions
