Validity of US in Comparison with CT SCAN in Blunt Abdominal Trauma | ||
| Medical Journal of Babylon | ||
| Article 1, Volume 9, Issue 3, September 2012, Pages 613-622 | ||
| Author | ||
| Hasanain Ahmed Albayati | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Abstract Aim of study: detection of the accuracy; sensitivityand specificity of sonography in detection of different intra abdominal injury in patient with blunt abdominal trauma in comparism with CT SCAN Patients and method: we examined 326 patient with blunt trauma from June 2009 till July 2011 all underwent emergency ultra sound at al – Hilla teaching hospital to evaluate whole abdomen with blunt trauma all patient where identified and their result are compare with thir CT scan in correlation with clinical outcome] Results: 326 patient where done for them ultra sonography with CT scan examination ; where 22 true positive from the 326 those are of different intra abdominal injuries from ;haemoperitonium ; solid organ injury ; till mesenteric injury ;292 true negative from the total 326 and two are false positive and10 false negative ; sensitivity of us are of 69%;andspecifity of 99%; and diagnostic accuracy is 96% Conclusions: Although the sensitivity andspecifityand diagnostic accuracy is not as high as CT scan still is the 1st investigation bed side examination and recommended in emergency department | ||
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