Abdominal pain is among the most common reasons children are taken to the emergency department. A small proportion of them usually have appendicitis, and timely detection is essential.

"Children with abdominal pain are a diagnostic conundrum. On the one hand those who have appendicitis need to be diagnosed in a timely manner, but on the other hand the most common diagnostic tool we ...

Abdominal pain is among the most common reasons children are taken to the emergency department.A small proportion of them usually have appendicitis ...

Researchers found that large pediatric centers achieve low rates of delayed diagnosis of appendicitis while also having the lowest rates of CT use.

A child experiencing kidney stones may need antibiotics if they develop a urinary tract infection, which can occur when ...

In a larger pediatric population, Weyant et al. concluded that the use of CT does not impact the incidence of negative appendectomy [25]. Due to a concern that the reduction in negative ...