Does ultrasonography accurately diagnose acute cholecystitis? Improving diagnostic accuracy based on a review at a regional hospital | Zendy

Hamish Hwang | Zendy; Ian B. Marsh | Zendy; Jason Doyle | Zendy

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Does ultrasonography accurately diagnose acute cholecystitis? Improving diagnostic accuracy based on a review at a regional hospital

Author(s) -

Hamish Hwang,

Ian B. Marsh,

Jason Doyle

Publication year - 2014

Publication title -

canadian journal of surgery

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.609

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1488-2310

pISSN - 0008-428X

DOI - 10.1503/cjs.027312

Subject(s) - medicine , acute cholecystitis , cholecystitis , ultrasonography , radiology , cholecystectomy , emergency department , ultrasound , gallbladder , surgery , psychiatry

Acute cholecystitis is one of the most common diseases requiring emergency surgery. Ultrasonography is an accurate test for cholelithiasis but has a high false-negative rate for acute cholecystitis. The Murphy sign and laboratory tests performed independently are also not particularly accurate. This study was designed to review the accuracy of ultrasonography for diagnosing acute cholecystitis in a regional hospital.

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