[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.

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 ...

"Children with abdominal pain are a diagnostic conundrum. On the one hand those who have appendicitis need to be diagnosed in a timely manner, but on the other hand the most common diagnostic tool we ...