To stratify ultrasound samples in a pediatric population undergoing evaluation for acute appendicitis to examine the variability in cecal appendix diameter, in different age groups, and to determine ...

Background Systematic imaging reduces the rate of missed appendicitis and negative appendectomies in patients with suspected acute appendicitis (AA). Little is known about the utility of ultrasound as ...

Of 67 studies, 61 (91%) described inclusion of a population of children with clinical symptoms of appendicitis and eight of these studies specified a blood test and/or ultrasound for inclusion; the ...

The ultrasound suggested a suspected appendix, but upon opening the abdomen, no inflammation was found. The appendix was not present as we were told," Jha said.

It was considered appropriate to measure improvement in mural and peri-enteric hyperaemia (using colour Doppler signal) as a one-point or two-point reduction in the Limberg score 12 and modified ...

Researchers have established a suite of parameters that can be determined using ultrasound to quantitatively measure different physical characteristics of the lung.

Stephens, P.L. and Mazzucco, J.J. (1999) Comparison of Ultrasound and the Alvarado Score for the Diagnosis of Acute Appendicitis. Connecticut Medicine, 63, 137-140. ... We used the Alvarado scoring ...

Appendix 1 Airborne Ultrasound Measurement. Measurements should be made in the place (usually the workplace) where exposure of a person occurs. Preliminary field measurements should be made at a ...

Efficacy comparison of anthracycline and taxane when added to immune checkpoint inhibitor in neoadjuvant chemotherapy of triple negative breast cancer: Clinical evidence from size-reduction ...