The inter-examiner difference in diagnosis in acute abdominal pain and the role of decisional tools.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON20188

Enrollment

300

Registered

2011-01-14

Start date

2010-01-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Acute abdominal pain, acute buikpijn

Interventions

None listed

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

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

Exclusion criteria: 1. Age < 18 years; 2. Pregnancy; 3. Abdominal pain due to blunt or penetrating trauma; 4. Hemorrhagic shock due toe gastrointestinal bleeding or ruptured aortic aneurysm.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Accuracy of diagnosis of the surgeon and surgical resident; 2. Accuracy of diagnosis before and after using decisional tools for appendicitis and diverticulitis.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Certainty of diagnosis before and after using decisional tools; 2. Diagnostic accuracy of the decisional tools; 3. Accuracy of diagnosis after using the standard imaging pathway; 4. Imaging resource utilisation.	—

Contacts

Public ContactJ.J.S. Kiewiet

Meibergdreef 9

j.j.kiewiet@amc.uva.nl+31 (0)20 5662771

Outcome results