avalility of low dose CT in the diagnosis of appendicitis in childhood and comparison with abdominal USG and standard dose CT
Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
- Conditions
- Diseases of the digestive system
- Registration Number
- KCT0001964
- Lead Sponsor
- Chung-Ang Univerisity Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 400
Inclusion Criteria
Children under 10 years of age, who were hospitalized at Chung-Ang University Hospital from March 2005 to December 2014 with clinically suspected acute appendicitis
Exclusion Criteria
patients who did not undergo radiological evaluation and those in which the purpose of radiological evaluation was unclear were excluded.
further patients were excluded due to prior appendectomy. In addition, patients with a gastrointestinal anomaly that caused structural misperception during radiological interpretation; patients diagnosed by CT imaging, but for whom accurate radiation dose was not recorded; and those with other gastrointestinal abnormalities, such as intussusceptions or malignancy, were excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method age group, body mass index