ROLE OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY IN EVALUATION OF BLUNT ABDOMINAL TRAUMA
Journal Title: Journal of Medical Science And clinical Research - Year 2013, Vol 1, Issue 5
Abstract
The Study was conducted to compare the role of ultrasound and computed tomography in patients presenting with blunt trauma. Patients with blunt trauma abdomen were evaluate with both ultrasonography and computed tomography and there organ injuries were assessed using organ injury scale for both USG and CT and the results were compared and the sensitivity and specificity of ultrasound compared with CT. Positive predictive value and negative predictive value of ultrasound for individual injured organs was calculated. The study was performed from October 2009 to September 2012 on 50 patients with blunt abdominal trauma. Our study shows CT is a superior diagnostic modality in the diagnosis of abdominal trauma. Hence it is imperative that all USG positive cases should be followed by CT abdomen. Similarly CT must also be performed in symptomatic patients with negative USG scans and in patients with suboptimal USG scans
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