Diagnostic accuracy of acute diverticulitis with unenhanced low-dose CT.
A ThorissonM NikbergM R TorkzadH LaurellK SmedhA ChabokPublished in: BJS open (2020)
The diagnostic accuracy of LDCT was high for the presence of acute diverticulitis. However, as signs of complicated disease can be missed using the low-dose protocol, use of LDCT as a primary examination method should not preclude SDCT when complications may be suspected.
Keyphrases
- low dose
- liver failure
- respiratory failure
- high dose
- aortic dissection
- drug induced
- randomized controlled trial
- dual energy
- computed tomography
- pulmonary embolism
- risk factors
- magnetic resonance imaging
- hepatitis b virus
- contrast enhanced
- positron emission tomography
- extracorporeal membrane oxygenation
- mechanical ventilation