Surgeon-Performed Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Acute Sigmoid Diverticulitis: A Pragmatic Prospective Multicenter Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT: Background and purpose Early diagnosis and risk stratification of sigmoid diverticulitis rely heavily on timely imaging. Computerized tomography (CT), the gold standard diagnostic test, may be delayed due to resource constraints or patient comorbidity. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has an established role in trauma evaluation, and could potentially diagnose and stage acute diverticulitis, thus shortening the time to definitive treatment.  Aims This study aimed to benchmark the accuracy of surgeon-performed POCUS against CT in diagnosing and staging acute diverticulitis. A secondary aim was to evaluate the duration between the POCUS and the confirmatory CT scan report. Patients and methods A pragmatic prospective multicenter cohort study (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02682368) was c

SUBMITTER: Dumbrava BD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9893173 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature