Clinical trial · Observational
Evaluation of Pressure Algometry in the Clinical Assessment of Acute Abdominal Pain in Children
NCT04688463CI-TRIAL-00049192completedClinicalTrials.gov clinicaltrialsProvenance
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
In this retrospective observational case study, the investigators review the clinical experience with pressure-pain algometry in children with suspected appendicitis. The investigators hypothesized that algometry can discriminate children with appendicitis from children without appendicitis and aimed to determine the diagnostic accuracy of algometry, compared to ultrasound imaging and clinical assessment.
Conditions
Conditions (3)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Appendicitis | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Diagnoses Disease | — | UNRESOLVED | — |
| Pediatric ALL | Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia | ALIAS | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (0)
Data not yet available
No intervention recorded.
Design
Arms and outcomes
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[]Primary outcomes (5)
- measure
- Appendicitis
- timeFrame
- within 1 week
- description
- Diagnosis of appendicitis as confirmed at operation
- measure
- Appendicitis
- timeFrame
- within 1week
- description
- Diagnosis of appendicitis by pathology report if available.
- measure
- Non-Appendicitis
- timeFrame
- Within one (1) week
- description
- Diagnosis of non-appendicitis by observation only
- measure
- Pressure-pain algometry
- timeFrame
- Within one (1) week
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 2 Years
- Maximum age
- 17 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * all children referred with abdominal pain from January 2000 to June 2006 to one surgeon on the pediatric general surgery service at the Health Sciences Centre (HSC)-Children's Hospital in Winnipeg. Exclusion Criteria: * children with abdominal pain \> 7 days * children with abdominal pain due to other surgical or medical conditions
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