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 ...
Whether dogs can get appendicitis or not is a good question. After all, appendicitis is a serious condition that can land you in the hospital, and right after than, on the surgical table. Discover ...
It can be argued that in US Emergency Departments, the diagnosis of acute appendicitis has shifted from clinical impression to radiographic confirmation, even for patients for whom the diagnosis ...
Appendicitis occurs when your appendix becomes blocked and infected ... One of its symptoms is abdominal pain that radiates to the back. It can be caused by bile stones, alcohol, or infection. The ...