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Table 1 Frequencies of Diagnoses at Stages D 1–4 of the Decision-Making Process % (n)

From: Decision making in patients with acute abdominal pain at a university and at a rural hospital: does the value of abdominal sonography differ?

UH (n = 106)

RH (n = 55)

Stage I

Clinical diagnosis

Stage II

diagnosis by sonography

Stage III

Working diagnosis

Stage IV

final diagnosis after 2 weeks

Appendicitis

    

UH

47% (50)

18% (19)

23% (24)

22% (23)

RH

33% (18)

24% (13)

24% (13)

22% (12)

Cholecystitis

    

UH

22% (23)

10% (11)

10% (11)

10% (11)

RH

11% (6)

5% (3)

5% (3)

5% (3)

Gynaecologica disease

    

UH

11% (12)

9% (10)

11% (12)

9% (10)

RH

13% (7)

7% (4)

7% (4)

7% (4)

Nephrolithiasis

    

UH

12% (13)

8% (8)

11% (12)

11% (12)

RH

9% (5)

9% (5)

9% (5)

9% (5)

Other disease

    

UH

8% (8)

55% (58)

44% (47)

44% (47)**

RH

35% (19)

55% (30)

55% (30)

56% (31)

  1. ** The 47 (31) final diagnoses at the UH (RH) were:
  2. Constipation 14 (0), gastroenteritis 13 (8), NSAP 5 (5), diverticulitis 4 (2), gastritis 3 (0), UTI 2 (0), spleen infarction 1 (0), musculoskeletal pain 1 (2), ovulation pain 1 (0), diverticulosis 1 (0), incarcerated hernia 1 (0), pancreatitis 1 (1), ileus 0 (2), coecal necrosis 0 (1), Meckel 's diverticulum 0 (1), haematoma of the abdominal wall 0 (1), bladder retention 0 (1), coecal volvolus 0 (1), colitis 0 (1), hepatocellular carcinoma 0 (1), intraabdominal tumour of unknown origin 0 (1), lymphoma 0 (1), colonic cancer 0 (1), pyelonephritis 0 (1)
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World Journal of Emergency Surgery

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