None listed
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Chung-Ang Univerisity Hospital
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
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
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.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| age group, body mass index | — |
Countries
Korea, Republic of
Contacts
Public ContactDae Yong Yi
Chung-Ang Univerisity Hospital
Outcome results
None listed