title: [Routine ultrasound in diagnosis of acute appendicitis].
abstract: A prospective trial reveals that routine ultrasound in suspected appendicitis in the hands of experts can lead to a specificity of 94% and a sensitivity of 90% in opposite to 82% and 78% for clinical findings alone. The rate of "negative laparotomies" has decreased from 22% to 11%.
authors.affiliation: Chirurgische Abteilung, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Alsterdorf, Hamburg.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Niebuhr
authors.forename: U
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Nahrstedt
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Born
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001062:Appendectomy / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014463:Ultrasonography; D019564:Unnecessary Procedures / Q000706:statistics & numerical data