Pediatric emergency care
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Pediatric emergency care · Mar 2012
Multicenter StudyComputed tomographic scan diagnosis of appendicitis in children by pediatric and adult radiologists.
Computed tomographic (CT) scans are an accepted radiographic mode to the diagnosis of appendicitis. Radiologists play a critical role in its diagnostic accuracy. The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a difference in the diagnostic accuracy between pediatric and general radiologists interpreting pediatric abdominal/pelvic CT scans for appendicitis. ⋯ There is a similar accuracy rate in the interpretation of CT scans positive for appendicitis between general and pediatric radiologists, but pediatric radiologists were more definitive.