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AFRICAN RESEARCH NEXUS
SHINING A SPOTLIGHT ON AFRICAN RESEARCH
medicine
Acute plain anterioposterior radiograph of the pelvis is not useful in detecting fractures of iliac wing and os sacrum: A prospective study of 73 patients using CT as gold standard
Australasian Radiology, Volume 51, No. 2, Year 2007
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Description
Conflicting opinions exist to what extent interpreters of an acute anterioposterior (AP) radiograph of the pelvis underdiagnose pelvic injury. We have prospectively evaluated the usefulness of a plain AP radiograph of the pelvis in detecting injuries, using CT as the gold standard. Seventy-three haemodynamically stable blunt trauma patients, who had an AP radiograph of the pelvis and an abdominopelvic CT as part of their initial imaging evaluation, were included. There were 14 women and 59 men, with a mean age of 30 (3-61) years. Two senior radiologists, with special interest in CT examinations evaluating trauma, reviewed the radiographs and a month later the CT scans, blinded and independently. Usefulness index of the plain AP radiograph of the pelvis in detecting specific injuries was calculated using CT as the gold standard. A radiograph is regarded as useful if the usefulness index is 0.35 or more. The usefulness index for a plain AP radiograph of the pelvis for detecting a fracture of iliac wing and os sacrum was 0.25 and 0.01, respectively. An acute AP radiograph of the pelvis is not useful in detecting a fracture of iliac wing or os sacrum. © 2007 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Radiologists.
Authors & Co-Authors
Lunsjö, Karl
United Arab Emirates, Al Ain
United Arab Emirates University
Tadros, Ayman M.A.
United Arab Emirates, Al Ain
Al Ain Hospital
Hauggaard, Anders Boe
United Arab Emirates, Al Ain
Tawam Hospital
Blomgren, Rolf
United Arab Emirates, Al Ain
Tawam Hospital
Kopke, John
United Arab Emirates, Al Ain
Tawam Hospital
Abu‑Zidan, Fikri M.
United Arab Emirates, Al Ain
United Arab Emirates University
United Arab Emirates, Al Ain
College of Medicine and Health Sciences United Arab Emirates University
Statistics
Citations: 16
Authors: 6
Affiliations: 4
Identifiers
Doi:
10.1111/j.1440-1673.2007.01684.x
ISSN:
00048461
e-ISSN:
14401673
Research Areas
Violence And Injury
Study Design
Cohort Study
Participants Gender
Male
Female