The inter-examiner difference in diagnosis in acute abdominal pain and the role of decisional tools.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Acute abdominal pain, acute buikpijn
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON20188
- Lead Sponsor
- Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 300
Inclusion Criteria
1. Abdominal pain with a duration of more then 2 hours and less then 5 days;
2. Willing and able to give written informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
1. Age < 18 years;
2. Pregnancy;
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Accuracy of diagnosis of the surgeon and surgical resident;<br /><br>2. Accuracy of diagnosis before and after using decisional tools for appendicitis and diverticulitis.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Certainty of diagnosis before and after using decisional tools;<br /><br>2. Diagnostic accuracy of the decisional tools;<br /><br>3. Accuracy of diagnosis after using the standard imaging pathway;<br /><br>4. Imaging resource utilisation.