The effect of point-of-care ultrasonography on emergency department length of stay and computed tomography utilization in children with suspected appendicitis

Keyphrases

• Confidence Interval 100%
• Point-of-care Ultrasound (POCUS) 100%
• Emergency Department Length of Stay 100%
• Appendicitis 100%
• Computed Tomography Utilization 100%
• Computed Tomography 29%
• Radiology 29%
• High Specificity 11%
• Test Characteristics 11%
• Missed Cases 11%
• Negative Laparotomy 11%
• Test Performance 5%
• Convenience Sampling 5%
• Operating Room 5%
• Imaging Modalities 5%
• Radiograph 5%
• Discharged Patients 5%
• Performance Characteristics 5%
• Pathology Report 5%
• Published Data 5%
• Sensitivity Specificity 5%
• Diagnosis of Appendicitis 5%
• Nonoperative 5%
• One-way Analysis of Variance 5%
• Image Evaluation 5%
• Positive Likelihood Ratio 5%
• Negative Likelihood Ratio 5%
• Variable Sensitivity 5%
• Diagnostic Test Accuracy 5%
• Similarity Test 5%
• Operative Report 5%

Nursing and Health Professions

• Length of Stay 100%
• Confidence Interval 100%
• Emergency Ward 100%
• Echography 100%
• Computer Assisted Tomography 100%
• Appendicitis 100%
• Imaging 17%
• Laparotomy 11%
• Operating Room 5%
• Analysis of Variance 5%
• Diagnostic Accuracy 5%
• Tachocomb 5%

Medicine and Dentistry

• Emergency Department 100%
• Echography 100%
• Computer Assisted Tomography 100%
• Appendicitis 100%
• Radiology 35%
• Laparotomy 11%
• Clinician 5%
• Operating Room 5%
• Diagnostic Accuracy 5%
• Analysis of Variance 5%
• Tachocomb 5%