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Table 3 Table of discordance in diagnosis (change in diagnosis)

From: Preoperative pain treatment in acute abdomen in Osogbo, Nigeria: a randomized double-blind placebo-controlled study

Agent

D1

D2

D3

Comment

Implication

WFI

APan

APan

ATB

No impact on diagnosis

 

WFI

Apmass

Apmass

Ap

No impact on diagnosis

Inappropriate incision

WFI

Apmass

Apmass

Ap

No impact on diagnosis

Inappropriate incision

WFI

PAp

Ap

Ap

Better diagnosis

Better/appropriate incision

WFI

PAp

Ap

Right IRC

Localized clinical signs

Better incision

WFI

PAp

PAp

Ap

No impact on diagnosis

Inappropriate incision

WFI

PAp

PAp

Ap

No impact on diagnosis

Inappropriate incision

WFI

TP

TP

TE

No impact diagnosis

Unnecessary operation

WFI

TP

TP

TE

No impact on diagnosis

Unnecessary operation

TRA

Ap

SOC

SOC

Better diagnosis

Averted unnecessary operation

TRA

Apmass

Ap

Ap

Better diagnosis

Appropriate incision

TRA

Apmass

Ap

Ap

Better diagnosis

Appropriate incision

TRA

ApAbs

Apmass

ApAbs

Diagnostic confusion

Wrong treatment/incision

TRA

PAp

Ap

Ap

Better diagnosis

Better incision

TRA

PAp

Ap

Ap

Better diagnosis

Better incision

TRA

PAp

Ap

PAp

Diagnostic confusion

Wrong incision

TRA

H abs

AC

AC

Better diagnosis

Appropriate treatment

TRA

AIP

No mass

No mass

Better clinical exam

Better diagnosis

TRA

pPUD

aPUD

aPUD

Better diagnosis

Averted unnecessary operation

TRA

TP

TP

PAp

No impact on diagnosis

 
  1. Note: AC, acute cholecystitis; AIP, adhesive inflammatory phlegmon; Ap, acute appendicitis; ApAbs, appendiceal abscess; Apan, acute pancreatitis; ApMass, appendiceal abscess; ATB, abdominal tuberculosis; Habs, hepatic abscess; IRC, infected renal cyst; Pap, perforated appendix; pPUD, perforated PUD; aPUD, acute exacerbation of PUD; SOC, symptomatic ovarian cyst; TE, typhoid enteritis; TP, typhoid ileal perforation.