Ultrasonography findings and symptoms in acute rotavirus gastroenteritis.
BACKGROUND
The aim of the present study was to better understand how clinical events in acute rotavirus gastroenteritis are depicted on ultrasonography.


METHODS
The relationship between abdominal ultrasonography and clinical course and symptoms was evaluated in 92 patients with acute rotavirus gastroenteritis (51 boys, 41 girls) with an average age of 30.7 ± 24.6 months.


RESULTS
Significant correlations were observed between ultrasonography score and duration of illness after ultrasonography (P = 0.0232). It was also interesting that ultrasonography findings (score: 3.1 ± 1.0 vs 3.6 ± 1.2; P = 0.0118), clinical symptoms (3.1 ± 1.7 score vs 3.8 ± 1.8 score, P = 0.0293), and duration of illness after ultrasonography (4.4 ± 1.4 days vs 3.8 ± 1.1 days, P = 0.0301) were significantly different between patients examined on ultrasonography < 1 day after illness onset (n = 50, but duration of illness after ultrasonography followed only in 42) and those examined ≥ 2 days after onset (n = 42, but duration of illness after ultrasonography followed only in 35).


CONCLUSIONS
The ability of abdominal ultrasonography to indicate severity of disease makes abdominal ultrasonography an important guide to therapy.
Yamashita
Yasuhiro
Y
Kurume Pediatric Practitioner Research Group, Kurume, Japan.
Yuge
Ken
K
Tanaka
Nobuo
N
Maeda
Kohji
K
Yamakawa
Ryo-ichi
R
Matsuyuki
Makado
M
Fsujisawa
Takuji
T
Kimura
Akihiko
A
D000208:Acute Disease; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D008297:Male; D012400:Rotavirus Infections / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014463:Ultrasonography