Bhakti Panchal, Samuel Asanad, Rana Malek, Kashif Munir, Lisa S Schocket
Improving Access to Eye Care Through Community Health Screenings Using Artificial Intelligence
Ophthalmic epidemiology
assessment spleen size important part clinical skills medical students physicians many diseases affect size aforementioned organ ranging infective processes malignant disorders however detect changes prior knowledge actual normal size viscera required population studied establishing customized chart curve specific population sociodemographic characteristics enables better interpretation sonographic assessments hospitalbased crosssectional study design conducted among 403 children primary referral hospitals east west gojjam zone data collected using structured questionnaire physical examination ultrasound collected data entered epi data version 31 exports spss version 24 analysis descriptive data analyzed using descriptive statistics pearson productmoment correlation run determine relationship age anthropometric measurements children ultrasound measurements spleen reference intervals established using nonparametric reference limits 25th 975th 5th 97th percentiles medcalc software version 2003 four hundred three children aged 7 15 years included study mean sonographic longitudinal length anteroposteriordepth transverse width dimension spleen 824 126 cm 398 057 cm 426 059 cm respectively mean volume spleen 7504 2392 cm3 height body surface area children best correlated sonographic dimensions spleen reference intervals established using height age body surface area specific clinically practical dimensions spleen according study children considered enlarged longitudinal dimension spleensplenomegaly size 975th percentile based respective height