Appendicitis requires fast action to prevent serious complications. Learn to identify the signs that distinguish ordinary ...

Acute abdominal pain concerning for appendicitis is a common presentation ... examination to reliance on computed tomography (CT), ultrasound (US) and, dubiously, laboratory tests such as white ...

A pelvic ultrasound showed a small ovarian ... of considering parasitic infections when diagnosing abdominal pain, especially when classic appendicitis symptoms are missing.

Background: Recent literature supports the use of CT for all patients with right lower quadrant pain to improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce hospital cost. Our current practice at a large ...