A combined medical/surgical appendicitis pathway decreases pediatric CT utilization, perforation, and negative appendectomy rates

A combined medical/surgical appendicitis pathway decreases pediatric CT utilization, perforation, and negative appendectomy rates

Abstract Background We sought to improve the care of pediatric patients with possible appendicitis by decreasing unnecessary CT scanning. In an early QI initiative, we systematically emphasized the superiority of Ultrasonography (US) over CT, but did not find a decrease in CT utilization in practice...

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Main Authors: Sidney M. Johnson, Devin P. Puapong, Charles Peebles, Kelli Ishihara, Kenneth Bogenberger, Russell K. Woo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-03-01
Series:Annals of Pediatric Surgery
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s43159-020-00020-4

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