Diagnostic accuracy of CT scans in acute abdomen

0 0 1 51 292 LocumFinder.com 2 1 342 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;} 0 0 1 5 LocumFinder.com 1 1 5 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;} Aims:  There is plenty of data available on accuracy of computed tomography (CT) scan in diagnosing specific pathologies in abdomen, but not much information is there on accuracy of CT scan done on acute surgical abdomens. We assessed the diagnostic accuracy of CT scan in patients who underwent emergency laparotomy in a district general hospital. 0 0 1 75 431 LocumFinder.com 3 1 505 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0cm 5.4pt 0cm 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0cm; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:EN-US;} Methods:  All patients who underwent emergency laparotomy, between May 2011 and April 2012 at Dorset County Hospital, with pre-operative CT scan on the same admission, were included in the study. Patients who had laparotomy, but did not under go a CT scan before surgery or patients who had a CT scan but no laparotomy, were excluded from the study. Initial reporting of all CT scans was done by a consultant radiologist. The individual CT scan reports were compared with corresponding laparotomy findings. 0 0 1 65 374 LocumFinder.com 3 1 438 14.0 Normal 0 false false false EN-US JA X-NONE false" Priority