Suspected appendicitis pathway continues to lower CT rates in children two years after implementation.
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American Journal of Surgery (Gurien LA, Smith SD, Dassinger MS, Burford JM, Tepas JJ, Crandall M. - curated by SCHCP)
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BACKGROUND: We implemented a protocol to evaluate pediatric patients with suspected appendicitis using ultrasound as the initial imaging modality. CT utilization rates and diagnostic accuracy were evaluated two years after pathway implementation.
METHODS: This was a retrospective observational study of patients
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