The diagnostic challenges posed by patients presenting with acute abdominal pain remain an ongoing problem for the clinician. The surgeon is caught between the dangers of missing or delaying the ...

Ultrasonography and medical resonance imaging offer similar clinical outcomes as computed tomography scans for detecting pediatric appendicitis, according to a study in Pediatrics. Researchers found ...

Although the delayed diagnosis of appendicitis is dangerous, over-testing can also be harmful. Abdominal pain is among the most common reasons children are taken to the emergency department. A small ...