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Retracted Article: Diagnostic Accuracy of Acute Appendicitis by Ultrasound in Hospital Emergency

Author(s):
Mohamad Ghasem HanafiMohamad Ghasem Hanafi1,*, Afshin ShiriAfshin Shiri1
1Ahvaz Jundishapur University of Medical Sciences, Ahvaz, Iran


Jentashapir Journal of Cellular and Molecular Biology:Vol. 9, issue 4; e82639
Published online:Sep 03, 2018
Article type:Research Article
Received:Jul 27, 2018
Accepted:Aug 12, 2018
How to Cite:Mohamad Ghasem HanafiAfshin ShiriRetracted Article: Diagnostic Accuracy of Acute Appendicitis by Ultrasound in Hospital Emergency.Jentashapir J Cell Mol Biol.9(4):e82639.https://doi.org/10.5812/jjhr.82639.

Abstract

Objectives:

Acute appendicitis is the most common medical condition requiring an immediate abdominal surgery. Medical ultrasound is a non-intrusive, non-expensive, and available diagnostic method. In this paper, the accuracy of this method was evaluated.

Methods:

This retrospective cohort study was performed at Ahvaz Imam Khomeini Hospital with 2,160 emergency department visits per year. The records of outpatients and inpatients of this hospital were studied to extract demographic information about the patients and radiological reports indicating the occurrence or exclusion of acute appendicitis and post-appendectomy report to allow for results comparison.

Results:

A total of 163 study subjects met the inclusion criteria, with the age range of 6 to 63 years. The accuracy, sensitivity, and specificity were 98.1, 96, and 100%, respectively. The positive predictive value was 100% while the negative predictive value was 82.35%. Diagnostic accuracy was 100% for the under-15 age group and 94.06% for the above-15 age group.

Conclusions:

The results showed that the medical ultrasound reports could be considered more credible in diagnosing acute appendicitis in under-15 male subjects, which paves the way for the more accurate planning of treatment and presenting patients with abdominal pains for surgery. In addition, non-surgical procedures could be administered for both genders and age groups with stronger certainty and confidence in negative medical ultrasound reports.

This article is retracted by EIC.

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