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3538984

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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1987-1-21
pubmed:abstractText
This paper describes the management consequences of the use of a microcomputer as a special investigation in patients with an acute abdomen. Results in 812 patients seen by 42 junior doctors are compared six monthly and with baseline data from 295 cases from the preceding 2 years. Improvement in diagnostic ability from 48.5% to 71.8% (X2 = 25.8, P less than 0.001) resulted in a fall in negative appendicectomy from 37.5% to 9.71% (X2 = 16.2, P = less than 0.001). Bad management errors were also reduced from 22% to 10% (P = less than 0.01). The number of emergency investigation fell from 4 to 2 and inpatient stay of patients with non-surgical abdominal pain was reduced from 3 to 2 days. These results demonstrate that the use of microcomputers as investigative tools improves the surgical management of patients with acute abdominal pain.
pubmed:commentsCorrections
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0035-8843
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
68
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
182-4
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1986
pubmed:articleTitle
The acute abdomen: management with microcomputer aid.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article