The Value of Ultrasound in Diagnosing Acute Appendicitis | ||
| Tikret Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences | ||
| Article 1, Volume 8, Issue 2, December 2012, Pages 185-191 | ||
| Authors | ||
| a Mushref Abdulsalam; ; Sura K. Mohi aldeen; Mohammed A-K. Younes; Shaimaa A.H. Jasim; Ayad M.R. Raauf Ayad M.R. Raauf; Sendes waleed khalid; Khalid Omar M. Ali; Shaimaa Dhia M. Sheet Al-Shakargi; Isam Hamo Mahmood; Alyaa Farouk Al- Omari; Mohammad Shareef Abdulla; Mohammed E. Sulaiman; Hiba R. Tawfeeq; Thikra Ahmed Humada; Ban Abdulkhalk Yehea Al-Handh; Mohammad A. Alkataan; Wafaa Mohammed Ali; Sarab K. Abedalrahman; Intisar A.A. AL-Gafoor; Saadoun Dawood Ahmed Al-jiboori | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Acute appendicitis considered one of the causes of acute abdomen. The diagnosis is usually straight forward in typical cases, but this is not true in atypical cases. This study is to assess the value of ultrasound modality in diagnosing acute appendicitis. From January 2009 to January 2012 in Al-Ramadi teaching hospital, 196 patients were included in this study, 10 patients were excluded, and 186 examined by ultrasound, after adequate clinical assessment, for their signs and symptoms that suggestive of acute appendicitis. Age groups were 6-75 years, Mean age 33.5 years, with 105(54%) males, and 91(46%) females. 186 patients could be explained, and examined by ultrasound, with mean age of 33.5 years, the diagnosis had established in 34 patients. The false positive was three cases, and false negative was six cases, this means that the ultrasound had failed in these nine cases. The sensitivity is 81.8%, the specificity is 98%. 90% and 96.2% are the positive and negative predictive values respectively. The diagnostic accuracy is 95.5%. The P-value is Keywords Acute appendicitis --- Acute abdomen --- ultrasonography | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Acute appendicitis; Acute abdomen; Ultrasonography; parathyroid hormone; fracture neck femur; osteomalacia; trimethoprim; spectrophotometric; oxidation; epilepsy; carbamazepine; Glucose; Lipids; metabolic syndrome; Tympanic membrane; hearing level; air; bone gap; low frequency; high frequency; WAVE; carpal tunnel syndrome; median nerve; ulnar nerve; Rheumatoid arthritis; Aspartate aminotransferase; alanine aminotransferase; alkaline phosphatase and gamma glutamyl transferase; ginger; antimicrobial activity; root canal sealers; Enterococcus faecalis; endodontics; practices of health workers; CDD; Diarrhea; under; Risk Factors; perinatal deaths; Respiratory distress syndrome; Ante partum hemorrhage; clinical characteristic; sociodemorgaphic characteristic; depressive disorder; Kirkuk governorate | ||
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