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Optimizing the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis

NCT04117061 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2019-10-07

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Aim of the study: to identify the signs of acute appendicitis delta signs - clinical, laboratory or ultrasound signs, whose change (delta) would allow to identify or deny the diagnosis of acute appendicitis without a computed tomography examination and thus to lower computed tomography rates.

Conditions

  • Acute Appendicitis

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Observation

Patient after primary investigation is observed for 8-12 hours, (instead of being send directly to CT scan), after observation repeated clinical evaluation, laboratory tests and ultrasound examination are done , if final diagnosis stays unclear the patient is refered to CT scan.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Vilnius University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tomas Poskus, Professor · Vilnius University, Faculty of medicine, Institute of clinical medicine

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-12-01
Primary Completion
2021-01-01
Completion
2021-05-01

Countries

  • Lithuania

Study Locations

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