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Ultrasonographic Diagnosis of Intussusception in Children
Author(s) -
Li XingZhao,
Wang Hui,
Song Jun,
Liu Yan,
Lin YuanQiang,
Sun ZhiXia
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of ultrasound in medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.574
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1550-9613
pISSN - 0278-4297
DOI - 10.1002/jum.15504
Subject(s) - medicine , intussusception (medical disorder) , ultrasonography , confidence interval , cochrane library , radiology
Ultrasonography offers a unique advantage in the clinical diagnosis of intussusception. We aimed to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy of ultrasonography in pediatric intussusception. The PubMed, Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane Library databases, and African Journals Online database were searched for studies pertaining to ultrasonographic diagnosis of intussusception in children. Finally, 14 studies (combined n = 2367) were found eligible for inclusion. Pooled sensitivity and specificity were 0.94 (95% confidence interval: 0.91–0.96) and 0.96 (95% confidence interval: 0.93–0.98), respectively. In conclusion, ultrasonography has high sensitivity and specificity in the diagnosis of intussusception.