Comparison of the diagnostic accuracy of CT scan with oral and intravenous contrast versus CT scan with intravenous contrast alone in the diagnosis of blunt abdominal trauma

Diagnosis of small intestinal microperforation by cell morphology detection in abdominal puncture fluid: A case report

“…1 ). Unfortunately, the diagnostic results of puncture fluid cell morphology did not been received sufficient attention from clinical physicians because of excessive reliance on imaging examinations such as CT/CTA and ultrasound [ [14] , [15] , [16] ]. This resulted in a delay of nearly 8 h for the second emergency abdominal exploration surgery, until the abdominal CTA examination revealed small intestinal perforation again.…”

“…In addition, by a rapid and non-invasive examination named as FAST for most patients with stable hemodynamics, the accuracy value was obtained at 99.4 %, with a positive predictive value of 100 % and a negative predictive value of 99.4 % [ 17 ]. Although this has high clinical value for rapid triage and management of post-traumatic patients, it has certain limitations in early diagnosis of intestinal perforation compared to CTA [ 8 , 16 ].…”