Attending Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, Lenox Hill Hospital, New York, NY However, misdiagnosing a patient with appendicitis will lead to needless surgery, and increases hospital costs ...

(HealthDay)—For children diagnosed with appendicitis undergoing appendectomy, extended-spectrum antibiotics seem to offer no advantage over narrower-spectrum agents, according to a study published ...

March 13 (UPI) --Researchers at a children's hospital in Minnesota have developed a pediatric appendicitis risk calculator to aid in the diagnosis of the disease. Researchers at Children's Minnesota, ...

Researchers have developed a new pediatric appendicitis risk calculator (pARC) to aid in the diagnosis of appendicitis. Researchers from Children's Minnesota (Children's) and HealthPartners Institute ...

June 23, 2009 — Scientists using mass spectrometry for proteome profiling of urine samples have identified several markers whose levels are substantially enriched in patients with acute appendicitis.

A new appendicitis risk calculator developed to improve appendicitis care for pediatric patients. Appendicitis is the most frequent surgical emergency in pediatrics. New pediatric appendicitis risk ...

Imaging Widely Used in Presumed Pediatric Appendicitis Most children with presumed appendicitis undergo preoperative computed tomography (CT) and ultrasound imaging before surgery, with significant ...

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Replacing surgery with antibiotic treatment may prove effective for children suffering from acute non-complicated appendicitis, according to a study published in Pediatrics. United Kingdom-based ...

BOSTON - An in-hospital delay of appendicitis treatment beyond two days was linked to an increased likelihood of complications, including perforation and abscess formation; longer hospitalization; ...

Imaging Widely Used in Presumed Pediatric Appendicitis During the transition to an ultrasound-first paradigm for imaging acute appendicitis in pediatric patients, there does not seem to be any ...