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Low-Dose Abdominal CT for Evaluating Suspected Appendicitis

Author(s) -

Kyuseok Kim,

Young Hoon Kim,

So Yeon Kim,

Suyoung Kim,

Yoon Jin Lee,

Kwang Pyo Kim,

Hye Seung Lee,

Soyeon Ahn,

Taeyun Kim,

Seung-Sik Hwang,

Kijun Song,

SungBum Kang,

Duck-Woo Kim,

Seong Ho Park,

Kyoung Ho Lee

Publication year - 2012

Publication title -

new england journal of medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889

H-Index - 1030

eISSN - 1533-4406

pISSN - 0028-4793

DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1110734

Subject(s) - medicine , perforation , appendicitis , confidence interval , nuclear medicine , effective dose (radiation) , radiology , clinical endpoint , randomized controlled trial , surgery , materials science , punching , metallurgy

Computed tomography (CT) has become the predominant test for diagnosing acute appendicitis in adults. In children and young adults, exposure to CT radiation is of particular concern. We evaluated the rate of negative (unnecessary) appendectomy after low-dose versus standard-dose abdominal CT in young adults with suspected appendicitis.

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