Volume : IX, Issue : III, March - 2020

Evaluation of ultrasonography as a simple diagnostic tool in cases of acute appendicitis.

Digbijay Kumar Singh, Pradeep Jaiswal, Sudhir Kumar, Bineet Prasad, Ashwini Kumar, Anurag Kumar

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Aim of our study is to evaluate the ultrasonography as a simple effective tool in diagnosing cases of acute appendicitis. Our study is a prospective study conducted over 50 patients, admitted in emergency department with clinical symptoms and signs of acute appendicitis. Ultrasonography has sensitivity 89.47 specificity of 83.33%, positive predictive value of 94.44% negative predictive value of 71.42% and diagnostic accuracy of 88% in diagnosing cases of acute appendicitis in our study. So ultrasound can be use as reliable, safe, inexpensive tool in diagnosis of appendicitis.

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EVALUATION OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY AS A SIMPLE DIAGNOSTIC TOOL IN CASES OF ACUTE APPENDICITIS., Digbijay Kumar Singh, Pradeep Jaiswal, Sudhir Kumar, Bineet Prasad, Ashwini Kumar, Anurag Kumar INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH : Volume-9 | Issue-3 | March-2020

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