The hospital admitted a total of 989 patients to the emergency room with suspected acute appendicitis. Some 53% per cent underwent low-dose CT scans and 47% were diagnosed with standard-dose CT scans.

The research included 989 patients admitted to the emergency department at Turku University Hospital with suspected acute appendicitis. Low-dose CT scans were conducted on 53% of the patients and ...

The hospital admitted a total of 989 patients to the emergency room with suspected acute appendicitis. Some 53% per cent underwent low-dose CT scans and 47% were diagnosed with standard-dose CT scans.

Seo, H, Lee, KH, Kim, HJ, et al. Diagnosis of acute appendicitis with sliding slab ray-sum interpretation of low-dose unenhanced CT and standard-dose i.v. contrast-enhanced CT scans. AJR Am J ...

Low-Dose Abdominal CT for Evaluating Suspected Appendicitis . Kim K, Kim YH, Kim SY, et al N Engl J Med. 2012;366:1596-1605 ...

The significantly longer time with the scan may also account for the more than two-fold increase in complications. Even with rapid intervention, there is a "significant complication rate" with acute ...

Appendicitis accounts for over 3% of the diseases that involve the digestive system, is the most common acute surgical problem of the abdomen, and appendectomy is the fifth most common surgical ...

Community hospitals are more than 4 times more likely than pediatric institutions to use radiation-exposing computed tomography (CT) scans and 80% less likely to use ultrasound for pre ...

Nonoperative outcomes for acute appendicitis differ by age of the patient, ... indicates it's now possible to diagnose appendicitis using low-does CT scans, ...