Utility, Appropriateness of Request and Report of Computed Tomography Scan for the Diagnosis of Paranasal Sinuses Pathologies in a Sub-Saharan Africa Urban Setting

Computed tomography requisitions among children and young adults in sub-Saharan Africa: are we doing it right?

“…The ndings are almost similar to that found by Fransico et al among adults in Emergency Departments of a non-trauma tertiary care urban hospital, where they found that the rate of inappropriate orders was 36.3% for CT[19]. Additionally, a study done Eng et al to assess for Utility, Appropriateness of Request and Report of Computed Tomography Scan for the Diagnosis of paranasal sinuses pPathologies in a Sub-Saharan Africa Urban Setting also found the level of appropriateness to be 37.4%[20].On the other hand, there are as well contradictory ndings. Some studies have found lower levels of inappropriateness than our ndings that is to say, studies by Etsehiwot et al in Ethiopia found 52/443 (11.7%) and Tambe et al in Cameroon found 71/433 (16.4%) levels of inappropriate CTRFs[21,22].…”