The diagnostic performance of chest computed tomography in the detection of rib fractures in children investigated for suspected physical abuse: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To assess the diagnostic performance of chest CT in the detection of rib fractures in children investigated for suspected physical abuse (SPA).

Methods

Medline, Web of Science and Cochrane databases were searched from January 1980 to April 2020. The QUADAS-2 tool was used to assess the quality of the eligible English-only studies following which a formal narrative synthesis was constructed. Studies reporting true-positive, false-positive, true-negative, and false-negative results were included in the meta-analysis. Overall sensitivity and specificity of chest CT for rib fracture detection were calculated, irrespective of fracture location, and were pooled using a univariate random-effects meta-analysis. The diagnostic accuracy of specific locations along the rib a

SUBMITTER: Alzahrani NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8379101 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature