Abdominal Computed Tomography Prolongs Length of Stay and Is Frequently Unnecessary in the Evaluation of Acute Pancreatitis

Contemporary Trends in Surgical Correction of Pediatric Ureteropelvic Junction Obstruction: Data From the Nationwide Inpatient Sample

“…13 A wide range of factors have been reported to have an impact on length of inpatient stay, including use of care pathways and protocols, specialty consultation, level of use of imaging technology, legislation and evolution of surgical technique. [13][14][15][16][17] Our study shows that race and socioeconomic status also are associated with LOS.…”

Markers for predicting severity and progression of acute pancreatitis

“…It is a frequent observation that the indication for CT in clinical practice is done inappropriately, and that the current guidelines for CT in acute pancreatitis are frequently ignored, resulting in high costs and exposures of the patients to X-rays without the addition of any useful information for the care of the patient. 67 In conclusion, contrast-enhanced CT should only be ordered in a situation in which the result will have a therapeutic consequence (e.g. drainage of infected necrosis), and should not be carried out earlier than 3 days after the onset of symptoms due to acute pancreatitis, provided that it is not needed for purposes other than staging the severity of the disease.…”

Acute Pancreatitis—Progress and Challenges

“…Available data at the time of the guideline development suggested that an early CT increases the length of hospital stay and this was supported by a retrospective study in 108 patients with AP in which 54% received a CT scan within 48 hours of admission. 78 Equal degree of severity was found in both groups. However, there was a significant difference in the length of hospital stay ( P = 0.003) in patients who received an early CT scan.…”