- ►annals.org [PDF] T Terasawa, CC Blackmore, S Bent, RJ … - Annals of internal medicine, 2004 - Am Coll Physicians Background: Although clinicians commonly use computed to- mography or
ultrasonography to diagnose acute appendicitis, the accuracy of these imaging
tests remains unclear. Purpose: To review the diagnostic accuracy of ... Cited by 101 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
DR Flum, TD McClure, A Morris, T Koepsell - Journal of the American College of Surgeons, 2005 - Elsevier CT and ultrasound (US) are increasingly recommended to establish the diagnosis
of appendicitis, but population-based rates of misdiagnosis (negative
appendectomy [NA]) have not improved over time. The objective of this study ... Cited by 46 - Related articles - All 12 versions
- ►ptolemy.ca [PDF] REB Andersson - British Journal of Surgery, 2004 - ingentaconnect.com Background: The importance of specific elements in the clinical diagnosis of
appendicitis is controversial. This review analyses the diagnostic value of
elements of disease history, clinical findings and laboratory test results ... Cited by 74 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 9 versions
SE Bendeck, M Nino-Murcia, GJ Berry, RB … - Radiology, 2002 - radiology.rsna.org MATERIALS AND METHODS: The medical records of 462 consecutive patients who
underwent appendectomy for clinically suspected acute appendicitis and underwent
preoperative evaluation at our institution were retrospectively reviewed. ... Cited by 103 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 5 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
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
RK Orr, D Porter, D Hartman - Academic emergency medicine: official journal of the …, 1995 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov OBJECTIVES: To review ultrasonography (US) test performance and to develop
recommendations for the use of US to aid in the evaluation of potential
appendicitis. METHODS: A meta-analysis was conducted using all ... Cited by 91 - Related articles - All 3 versions
- ►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 68 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 4 versions
- ►ajronline.org P Poortman, PNM Lohle, C Schoemaker, HJM … - American Journal of Roentgenology, 2003 - Am Roentgen Ray Soc SUBJECTS AND METHODS. In this prospective study, 199 consecutive patients with
clinical signs and symptoms of acute appendicitis were examined with sonography
(graded compression technique) and CT (focused unenhanced single-detector ... Cited by 61 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 3 versions
T Rettenbacher, A Hollerweger, N Gritzmann … - Gastroenterology, 2002 - Elsevier Appendicitis: Should diagnostic imaging be performed if the clinical
presentation is highly suggestive of the disease? ... Background & Aims: Our
aim was to investigate whether diagnostic imaging is required if the ... Cited by 45 - Related articles - BL Direct - All 11 versions
