Acute appendicitis: prospective evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm integrating ultrasound and low-dose CT to reduce the need of standard CT.

Poletti, Pierre-Alexandre Alois; Platon, Alexandra; De Perrot, Thomas Benoît; Sarasin, François; Andereggen, Elisabeth Marie; Rutschmann, Olivier Thierry; Dupuis Lozeron, Elise; Perneger, Thomas; Gervaz, Pascal; Becker, Christoph

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Title		Acute appendicitis: prospective evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm integrating ultrasound and low-dose CT to reduce the need of standard CT.
Authors		Poletti, Pierre-Alexandre Alois Platon, Alexandra De Perrot, Thomas Benoît Sarasin, François Andereggen, Elisabeth Marie Rutschmann, Olivier Thierry Dupuis Lozeron, Elise Perneger, Thomas Gervaz, Pascal Becker, Christoph show all authors [1 - 10]
Published in		European Radiology. 2011, vol. 21, no. 12, p. 2558-66
Abstract		To evaluate an algorithm integrating ultrasound and low-dose unenhanced CT with oral contrast medium (LDCT) in the assessment of acute appendicitis, to reduce the need of conventional CT.
Keywords		Abdominal Pain/etiology — Acute Disease — Adult — Algorithms — Appendicitis/complications/diagnosis/radiography/ultrasonography — Body Mass Index — Contrast Media/diagnostic use — Cost-Benefit Analysis — Female — Humans — Male — Practice Guidelines as Topic — Prospective Studies — Radiation Dosage — Sensitivity and Specificity — Tomography — X-Ray Computed/methods
Identifiers		DOI: 10.1007/s00330-011-2212-5 PMID: 21805194
Full text		Article (Published version) (302 Kb) - Limited access to UNIGE
Structures		Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de médecine interne des spécialités Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de chirurgie Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de radiologie et informatique médicale Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et de médecine communautaires Faculté d'économie et de management / Research Center for Statistics
Research groups		Chirurgie viscérale (104) Radiologie des urgences (800) Imagerie et radiologie interventionnelle du foie, des voies biliaires et du pancréas (316) Epidémiologie clinique (115)
Citation (ISO format)		POLETTI, Pierre-Alexandre Alois et al. Acute appendicitis: prospective evaluation of a diagnostic algorithm integrating ultrasound and low-dose CT to reduce the need of standard CT. In: European Radiology, 2011, vol. 21, n° 12, p. 2558-66. https://archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:23177