Evaluation of a Point-of-Care Ultrasonography Decision-Support Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Transient Synovitis in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Marah Zoabi; Noa Kvatinsky; Itai Shavit

doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.16915

Evaluation of a Point-of-Care Ultrasonography Decision-Support Algorithm for the Diagnosis of Transient Synovitis in the Pediatric Emergency Department

JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jul 1;4(7):e2116915. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.16915.

Authors

Marah Zoabi¹, Noa Kvatinsky^{1

2}, Itai Shavit^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Rappaport Faculty of Medicine, Technion-Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.
² Pediatric Emergency Department, Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel.

Abstract

This case series evaluates the performance of a point-of-care ultrasonography (POCUS) decision-support algorithm for the diagnosis of transient synovitis in the pediatric emergency department (ED).

Publication types

Evaluation Study

MeSH terms

Algorithms*
Child
Child, Preschool
Decision Support Techniques*
Diagnosis, Differential
Emergency Service, Hospital
Female
Hip Joint / diagnostic imaging
Hospitals, Pediatric
Humans
Male
Point-of-Care Testing / statistics & numerical data*
Predictive Value of Tests
Sensitivity and Specificity
Synovitis / diagnostic imaging*
Ultrasonography / methods
Ultrasonography / statistics & numerical data*