TY - JOUR AU - 강보승 DA - 2015/01 PY - 2015 UR - http://www.hkjem.com/2015-january/original-article/use-clinician-performed-ultrasonography-determine-treatment-method UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11754/21689 AB - Objective: To investigate whether the clinician-performed ultrasonography based on the specific criteria for paediatric appendicitis could decrease the negative appendectomy rate without treatment failure. Methods: The study was a retrospective review of paediatric patients with suspected appendicitis who presented at the emergency department of a teaching hospital over a period of 18 months. The clinicians performed the ultrasound and decided whether the patients with suspected appendicitis should be referred to surgery or managed conservatively. The determinative ultrasound criteria were the presence of periappendiceal fat infiltration and/or an obstructing appendicolith. Results: The 166 paediatric patients with suspected appendicitis underwent ultrasonography performed by clinicians on weekdays PB - MEDCOM LTD KW - sensitivity and specificity KW - Child KW - predictive value of tests KW - risk assessment TI - The use of clinician-performed ultrasonography to determine the treatment method for suspected paediatric appendicitis TT - 使用臨床醫生進行超聲檢查以確定懷疑小兒闌尾炎的治療方法 IS - 1 VL - 22 T2 - HONG KONG JOURNAL OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE ER -