[2] Noncontrast CT in the emergency diagnosis of appendicitis is attractive for several reasons. Administration of oral contrast consumes valuable time in today's fast-paced and overcrowded ED.

Computed tomography (CT) has become the predominant test for diagnosing acute appendicitis in adults. In children and young adults, exposure to CT radiation is of particular concern. We evaluated ...

For patients with suspected appendicitis, spiral CT has a sensitivity of 90 to 100 percent, a specificity of 91 to 99 percent, a positive predictive value of 95 to 97 percent, and an accuracy of ...

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 ...

Preoperative computed tomography (CT) may help reduce unnecessary surgeries in women of reproductive age with suspected acute appendicitis, according to a new study appearing in the February issue ...

In recent years, specialists have relied on high-resolution imaging technologies such as ultrasound and computed tomography (CT) scans to detect the often subtle signs of chronic appendicitis when ...

Have you ever treated a child with abdominal pain that you suspected might be caused by appendicitis? It’s tempting to go straight to a CT scan, but such scans expose children to ionizing radiation, ...

Boston, Feb 29 (bdnews24.com/Reuters) - The chance of having an appendix removed unnecessarily has plummeted since 1996 in the United States, possibly because more ...

Medical personnel should use ultrasound rather than CT scans in patients with suspected acute appendicitis, a new study suggests. The study looked at 420 medical records and found that in 312 ...

"The diagnosis of acute appendicitis can be somewhat obscure in a patient that presents with right lower quadrant abdominal pain. The advancement and ease of imaging have made CT scanning readily ...