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 ...

Patients will typically exhibit the insidious or acute onset of an oligoarthritis ... and the earlier, 1987 ARA criteria. While they are often referred to as diagnostic criteria, both the 2010 ...

The Jones criteria is a diagnostic tool for diagnosing acute rheumatic fever (ARF). It involves testing heart function using echocardiograms, X-rays, blood tests, and other screenings. Rheumatic ...

New diagnostic ... time, criteria allow for an NMOSD diagnosis in patients who have not experienced clinical involvement of optic nerves or spinal cord. Symptomatic narcolepsy or acute ...

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 ...