Medical personnel should use ultrasound rather than CT scans in patients with suspected acute appendicitis, a new study suggests. CBC News · Posted: May 08, 2008 4:07 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 8 ...

(HealthDay)—During the transition to an ultrasound-first paradigm for imaging acute appendicitis in pediatric patients, there does not seem to be any increase in complicated appendicitis ...

Community hospitals are more than 4 times more likely than pediatric institutions to use radiation-exposing computed tomography (CT) scans and 80% less likely to use ultrasound for pre ...

When acute appendicitis is suspected, MRI enables diagnosis of other possible causes of right-lower-quadrant pain, including ovarian torsion or pelvic abscesses. News & Perspective Drugs & Diseases ...

Knowing that you have appendicitis can be tricky; ... Drs. Oz and Roizen: Diagnosing appendicitis with ultrasound and speed bumps. Updated: Jan. 23, 2013, 11:00 a.m.

Point-of-care ultrasound should be the first-line imaging test of choice for suspected appendicitis in kids, the most common surgical problem in the ED. It is accurate and has potential to reduce ...

Isabel Schimpff parted ways with her appendix in May, three days after she turned 10. On Monday she got to see ultrasound scans of the inflamed organ. She met pediatric radiologist Robert DeFlorio,… ...

Researchers at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore in New York have determined that the use of ultrasound as the first imaging option to detect appendicitis in children yields comparable results ...

The use of portable ultrasound as a first line imaging study in children with suspected appendicitis can help reduce the emergency room length of stay for these children as well as the need for CT ...