Acute appendicitis (AA) is among the most common cause of acute abdominal pain.
Diagnosis of AA is challenging; a variable combination of clinical signs and symptoms has …

Acute abdominal pain accounts for approximately 9% of childhood primary care office visits.
Symptoms and signs that increase the likelihood of a surgical cause for pain include fever …

When evaluating the abdomen in the emergency setting, CT and ultrasound are the imaging
modalities of choice, mainly because of accessibility, speed and lower relative cost. CT has …

Background Ultrasound (US) is the preferred imaging modality for evaluating suspected
pediatric appendicitis. However, borderline appendiceal enlargement or questionable …

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the current performance of ultrasound in the
diagnosis of acute appendicitis. Retrospectively, patients who presented to a single …

Introduction Ultrasound (US) is the preferred imaging modality for evaluating appendicitis.
Our purpose was to determine if including secondary signs (SS) improve diagnostic …

Acute pelvic pain is defined as lower abdominal or pelvic pain of less than three months'
duration. It is a common presentation in primary care. Evaluation can be challenging …

OBJECTIVE. The purpose of this article is to describe our approach to contrast-enhanced
abdominal MRI in patients with nontraumatic abdominal pain and suspected appendicitis …

Objective To quantify the trends in imaging use for the diagnosis of appendicitis. Methods A
retrospective study covering a 22-year period was conducted at an academic medical …

A survey was administered to 166 academic emergency department (ED) physicians to
determine their interpretation and practice after receiving an ultrasound (US) report with …