Routine versus selective computed tomography in non-traumatic acute abdominal pain: meta-analysis of randomised trials.
Shahab HajibandehMohamed LoutfiShahin HajibandehAdel AbulkhirSheik RehmanMoustafa MansourReza Arsalani ZadehPublished in: Langenbeck's archives of surgery (2020)
The routine use of CT does not improve the proportion of correct diagnoses and mortality compared to selective use of CT in adult patients with non-traumatic AAP. The available evidence regarding the influence of routine CT on LOS may be subject to type 2 error. These findings, however, may not apply to the elderly patient with AAP and further studies are required.
Keyphrases
- computed tomography
- dual energy
- image quality
- contrast enhanced
- positron emission tomography
- clinical practice
- systematic review
- spinal cord injury
- abdominal pain
- magnetic resonance imaging
- clinical trial
- case control
- liver failure
- case report
- open label
- study protocol
- magnetic resonance
- risk factors
- meta analyses
- drug induced
- acute respiratory distress syndrome
- aortic dissection