Volume 5 Supplement 1
Topics in emergency abdominal ultrasonography
Research
Edited by Luca Brunese and Antonio Pinto
Publication of this suppement has been funded by the University of Molise, Universiy of Siena, University of Cagliari, University of Ferrara and University of Turin. The Supplement Editors declare that they have no competing interests.
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Content type: Research
To evaluate the common sources of diagnostic errors in emergency ultrasonography.
Authors: Antonio Pinto, Fabio Pinto, Angela Faggian, Giuseppe Rubini, Ferdinando Caranci, Luca Macarini, Eugenio Annibale Genovese and Luca Brunese
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Content type: Research
Ultrasound is a widely used technique in the diagnosis of acute appendicitis; nevertheless, its utilization still remains controversial.
Authors: Fabio Pinto, Antonio Pinto, Anna Russo, Francesco Coppolino, Renata Bracale, Paolo Fonio, Luca Macarini and Melchiorre Giganti
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Content type: Research
The purpose of this study was to determine whether the color Doppler twinkling sign could be considered as an additional diagnostic feature of small renal lithiasis (_5mm).
Authors: Gianfranco Vallone, Giuseppina Napolitano, Paolo Fonio, Gabriele Antinolfi, Antonio Romeo, Luca Macarini, Eugenio Annibale Genovese and Luca Brunese
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Content type: Research
Gastrointestinal tract perforations can occur for various causes such as peptic ulcer, inflammatory disease, blunt or penetrating trauma, iatrogenic factors, foreign body or a neoplasm that require an early re...
Authors: FF Coppolino, G Gatta, G Di Grezia, A Reginelli, F Iacobellis, G Vallone, M Giganti and EA Genovese
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Content type: Research
Acute diverticulitis (AD) results from inflammation of a colonic diverticulum. It is the most common cause of acute left lower-quadrant pain in adults and represents a common reason for acute hospitalization, ...
Authors: Maria Antonietta Mazzei, Nevada Cioffi Squitieri, Susanna Guerrini, Amato Antonio Stabile Ianora, Lucio Cagini, Luca Macarini, Melchiore Giganti and Luca Volterrani
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Content type: Research
Acute abdomen is a medical emergency, in which there is sudden and severe pain in abdomen of recent onset with accompanying signs and symptoms that focus on an abdominal involvement. It can represent a wide sp...
Authors: Maria Antonietta Mazzei, Susanna Guerrini, Nevada Cioffi Squitieri, Lucio Cagini, Luca Macarini, Francesco Coppolino, Melchiore Giganti and Luca Volterrani
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Intestinal ischemia is an abdominal emergency that accounts for approximately 2% of gastrointestinal illnesses. It represents a complex of diseases caused by impaired blood perfusion to the small and/or large ...
Authors: A Reginelli, EA Genovese, S Cappabianca, F Iacobellis, D Berritto, P Fonio, F Coppolino and R Grassi
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The acute scrotum is a medical emergency . The acute scrotum is defined as scrotal pain, swelling, and redness of acute onset. Scrotal abnormalities can be divided into three groups , which are extra-testicula...
Authors: Alfredo D’Andrea, Francesco Coppolino, Elviro Cesarano, Anna Russo, Salvatore Cappabianca, Eugenio Annibale Genovese, Paolo Fonio and Luca Macarini
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In the assessment of polytrauma patient, an accurate diagnostic study protocol with high sensitivity and specificity is necessary. Computed Tomography (CT) is the standard reference in the emergency for evalua...
Authors: Lucio Cagini, Sabrina Gravante, Corrado Maria Malaspina, Elviro Cesarano, Melchiorre Giganti, Alberto Rebonato, Paolo Fonio and Michele Scialpi
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Content type: Research
Acute vascular emergencies can arise from direct traumatic injury to the vessel or be spontaneous (non-traumatic).
Authors: Eugenio Annibale Genovese, Paolo Fonio, Chiara Floridi, Monica Macchi, Anna Maccaferri, Antonio Amato Stabile Ianora, Lucio Cagini and Gianpaolo Carrafiello
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Content type: Research
To evaluate the accuracy of ultrasonography in the diagnosis of acute calculous cholecystitis in comparison with other imaging modalities.
Authors: Antonio Pinto, Alfonso Reginelli, Lucio Cagini, Francesco Coppolino, Antonio Amato Stabile Ianora, Renata Bracale, Melchiore Giganti and Luigia Romano
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Non traumatic gastrointestinal emergencies in the children and neonatal patient is a dilemma for the radiologist in the emergencies room and they presenting characteristics ultrasound features on the longitudi...
Authors: Paolo Fonio, Francesco Coppolino, Anna Russo, Alfredo D’Andrea, Antonella Giannattasio, Alfonso Reginelli, Roberto Grassi and Eugenio Annibale Genovese
