The aim of this investigation was to perform a systematic review and meta-analysis of the performance of various imaging modalities for the diagnosis of acute cholecystitis. The authors included ...

The article ends with the author's clinical recommendations. More than 90% of cases of acute cholecystitis are associated with cholelithiasis (acute calculous cholecystitis). The key elements in ...

Recent advances in diagnostic imaging have further ... visceral adiposity and offering refined criteria for distinguishing it from other causes of acute abdominal pain. Recent studies have ...

2 Plain abdominal radiography lacks diagnostic sensitivity and specificity, as compared with contrast-enhanced CT angiography, in patients with acute abdominal pain. 28,29 However, in certain ...

We compared the diagnostic performance of 2 decision rules with the performance of physicians, aided by structured data collection, in ruling out fracture in patients with acute ankle injury ... 647 ...