From: Patient factors influencing the effect of surgeon-performed ultrasound on the acute abdomen
Pain and tenderness in right upper abdomen (n = 101) | Pain and tenderness in right lower abdomen (n = 187) | Peritonitis (n = 100)a | |||||||
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US n = 54 [% (n)] | Non-US (n = 47) [% (n)] | P value | US n = 91 [% (n)] | Non-US (n = 96) [% (n)] | P value | US (n = 51) [% (n)] | Non-US (n = 49) [% (n)] | P value | |
Diagnostic accuracy | 72 (38) | 52 (24) | 0.045 | 59 (53) | 54 (51) | 0.476 | 74 (37) | 54 (26) | 0.041 |
Admission | 50 (27) | 49 (23) | 0.915 | 62 (56) | 58 (56) | 0.655 | 90 (46) | 84 (41) | 0.332 |
Ultrasound ordered | 22 (12) | 74 (34) | <0.001 | 3 (3) | 22 (21) | <0.001 | 10 (5) | 29 (14) | 0.017 |
CT ordered | 9 (5) | 6 (3) | 0.615 | 8 (9) | 9 (8) | 0.911 | 16 (8) | 24 (12) | 0.271 |
No other examination ordered | 54 (29) | 17 (8) | <0.001 | 50 (45) | 45 (43) | 0.523 | 53 (27) | 22 (11) | 0.002 |