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Correlation of Location of Abdominal Tenderness With Acute CT Abnormalities in Emergency Department Patients

NCT00673374 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 102

Last updated 2014-02-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To determine the correlation between the region of abdominal tenderness determined by the examining physician and the location of acute pathology diagnosed on abdominal CT. We hypothesize that the acute pathology diagnosed by CT will lie within the region marked on the abdominal wall by the examining physician prior to CT.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

radio-opaque adhesive skin markers

The examining physician will place a radio-opaque skin marker (Beekley Corporation, Ortho-SPOTS® Order Code 187; 6mm spherical markers) at the point of maximal tenderness to direct abdominal palpation indicated by the patient. Additional markers will be placed at the cephalad and caudad limits of the region of tenderness, defined as the point at which the patient no longer complains of direct tenderness to palpation.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Joshua S Broder, MD · Duke Health

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-05-31
Primary Completion
2009-01-31
Completion
2009-01-31

Countries

  • United States

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