2010
DOI: 10.1053/j.sult.2009.09.002
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Abdominal Computed Tomography During Pregnancy for Suspected Appendicitis: A 5-Year Experience at a Maternity Hospital

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“…The reported diagnostic performance of US for detecting appendicitis in pregnancy varies widely in the literature [13]. Sensitivity of 20%e46.1% [5,13,15,16] and specificity of 95.4%e100% [5,15,16] is reported. However, US seems to be of limited utility during pregnancy due to the high rate of non-visualization of the appendix (88%e97%) [13,15].…”
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“…The reported diagnostic performance of US for detecting appendicitis in pregnancy varies widely in the literature [13]. Sensitivity of 20%e46.1% [5,13,15,16] and specificity of 95.4%e100% [5,15,16] is reported. However, US seems to be of limited utility during pregnancy due to the high rate of non-visualization of the appendix (88%e97%) [13,15].…”
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confidence: 95%
“…In the current study, CT was cautiously used as a secondary diagnostic modality in only two patients following an inconclusive ultrasound (during third trimester of pregnancy). Previous literature states that additional CT imaging can reduce the negative appendectomy rate during pregnancy [11,16]. However, ionizing radiation is a significant disadvantage of CT because it is a potential hazard to the developing fetus [11,17].…”
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“…Betrachtet man die Literatur der letzten zehn Jahre, so wird die Sensitivität der Sonografie in der Appendizitisdiagnostik zwischen 46-98 % und die Spezifität mit 93-100 % angegeben [24][25][26][27][28][29][30] [42]. Der Nachteil der erhöhten Anzahl intraabdomineller Abszesse hatte sich bereits in der 2.…”
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“…Un total de 39 pacientes embarazadas fueron remitidas para estudio de imágenes diagnósticas, de estas, 35 fue ron sometidas a una evaluación ecográfica, 23 de estas mujeres fueron examinadas posteriormente con tomografía axial computarizada y 4 pacientes fueron directamente evaluadas con tomografía sin haber sido sometidas a ecografía previamente; con cluyen que el método diagnóstico más utilizado es la ultrasonografía, con una sensibilidad del 46,1 % y una especificidad 95,4 %. La baja sensibilidad se podría explicar porque frecuentemente no hay visualización del apéndice (14).…”
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