title: Ultrasonography findings and symptoms in acute rotavirus gastroenteritis.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Kurume Pediatric Practitioner Research Group, Kurume, Japan.
authors.forename: Yasuhiro
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yamashita
authors.forename: Ken
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yuge
authors.forename: Nobuo
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: Kohji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Maeda
authors.forename: Ryo-ichi
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yamakawa
authors.forename: Makado
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Matsuyuki
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Fsujisawa
authors.forename: Akihiko
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kimura
mesh_terms: 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