Ultrasound of Acute Appendicitis in the Admission Room of a Multidisciplinary Surgical Hospital

Ultrasound (US) for diagnosing acute appendicitis (AA) and its complications in the admission room may be used as a primary diagnostic method in urgent patients.A total of 180 adult patients underwent US for suspected appendicitis; these results showed high possibilities in GIFTS/DECPAPERNOTECARDS pathology screening and differential diagnosis from similar clinical diseases.The accuracy of US in detecting AA with obvious clinical findings and typical position is 100%, but in retrocecal and retroperitoneal forms, it decreases to 84%.With our algorithm of the right iliac and localized pain regions, Harnesses US scanning optimizes the screening of patients with suspected AA presented in the admission room.