Publication: Problems regarding emergency ultrasound in Nepal
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Date
2008
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Article Type
Original Article
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Journal ISSN
ISSN (Print) : 1993-2979 | ISSN (Online) : 1993-2987
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Pages
Pages: 2 - 5
Publisher
Institute of Medicine
Abstract
Abstract
Introduction: Ultrasound plays an important role in management of emergency patients. This study was performed to define the patterns of indications and to analyze the findings.
Materials and Methods: Hundred patients were analyzed for 6 months from 15th August 2003.
Results: Females were 59 percent. Thirty-nine percent were of 20-29 years age group. Eleven percent presented during 8-9 PM . Provisional diagnosis and clinical history were not mentioned in some requisition forms. Normal findings were present in 18 %. Normal pregnancy was present in 11%. Acute appendicitis was present in 9%. Two were positive for ectopic pregnancy.
Conclusion: Ultrasound should be used as complementary investigation and not instead of clinical examination.
Keywords: Emergency, ultrasound, appendicitis
Description
B.R. Joshi
Department of Radiology and Imaging, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
S. Pradhan
Department of Radiology and Imaging, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
M.A. Ansari
Department of Radiology and Imaging, Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal
Keywords
Emergency, ultrasound, appendicitis
Identifier
https://doi.org/10.59779/jiomnepal.324