| Study characteristics |
| Patient sampling |
Consecutive patients with clinically suspected acute appendicitis referred for CT |
| Patient characteristics and setting |
Gender and age distributions: not stated. Departments of Emergency and Radiology in Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Index tests |
CT of the lower abdomen with oral and rectal contrast medium |
| Target condition and reference standard(s) |
Acute appendicitis. Histopathological analysis of the removed appendix in participants who had appendicectomy. Clinical follow‐up in participants who did not have appendicectomy |
| Flow and timing |
35 participants were included in the study and in the analyses. 17 (49%) participants had appendicitis |
| Comparative |
No |
| Notes |
Unclear if the 35 persons included in this study were also included in later studies by the same trial author |
