title: [Predictive value of diagnostic tests in polytrauma patients with abdominal and craniocerebral injuries].
abstract: In a study on 1024 polytrauma patients with craniocerebral injury, abdominal injury was present in 206 (20.11%) of them. In order to identify the intraabdominal organs injury, physical examination and specific diagnostic tests will be used. Their value was calculated by means of informational indices. The main indices, sensitivity, positive predictive value and accuracy were: for physical examination = 81.06%, 90.3%, 94.72%; for peritoneal lavage = 94.17%, 95.12%, 97.94%; for abdominal computed tomography = 98.44%, 97.65% and 99.25%. As one might expect the abdominal computed tomography is the most accurate method for the diagnosis of intraabdominal organs injuries.
authors.affiliation: Clinica Chirurgie Generală, Spitalul Clinic de Urgenţă Bagdasar-Arseni, Bucureşti.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Păunescu
authors.forename: Teodora
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Coman
mesh_terms: D000007:Abdominal Injuries / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000465:Algorithms; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006259:Craniocerebral Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011860:Radiography, Abdominal; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography