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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Algorithm reduces use of CT scans when diagnosing children with appendicitis. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 07 / 140731160032.htm ...

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

When someone has all the signs of acute appendicitis, waiting to get a CT scan to confirm the diagnosis is not a good idea, researchers report. Compared with a straight-to-surgery approach, the CT ...