Open AccessPediatric appendiceal ultrasound: maintaining accuracy, increasing determinacy and improving clinical outcomes following the introduction of a standardized reporting template
Author(s) -
Kyle M. L. Unsdorfer,
Julie Y. An,
Larry A. Binkovitz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
pediatric radiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.748
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 1432-1998
pISSN - 0301-0449
DOI - 10.1007/s00247-020-04820-z
Subject(s) - medicine , neuroradiology , ultrasound , medical physics , radiology , determinacy , medline , neurology , psychiatry , mathematical analysis , mathematics , political science , law
Pediatric patients who underwent appendiceal US and received an equivocal interpretation had poorer clinical outcomes and higher medical costs compared to those to whom a definitive interpretation was given, either positive or negative. In an effort to reduce equivocal interpretations, we educated our group on the importance of increasing determinacy and encouraged the use of a reporting template with a definitive impression.