Research Article

Emergency Ultrasound Predicting the Need for Therapeutic Laparotomy among Blunt Abdominal Trauma Patients in a Sub-Saharan African Hospital

Table 2

Laparotomy predictions at selected cutoffs.

SSORTT scoreStandard of careSensitivitySpecificityPPV (%)NPV (%)
LaparotomyNo laparotomy

Score cutoffs
At 0
 Laparotomy1930
 No laparotomy214291823999
≥1
 Laparotomy1917
 No laparotomy215590905399
≥2
 Laparotomy1816
 No laparotomy315686915398
≥3
 Laparotomy144
 No laparotomy816867987896
≥4
 Laparotomy81
 No laparotomy1417138998993
≥5
 Laparotomy50
 No laparotomy171722410010091
At 6
 Laparotomy00
 No laparotomy221720100087