This paper was a systematic review of studies on the diagnostic accuracy of noncontrast helical (multi-slice) CT for acute appendicitis in adults (age > 16) who presented to the ED. To be included ...

There is, however, a natural course in acute appendicitis. All exams are not always performed at the same time as blood samples are taken or CT scan. This may have had an impact on the ...

“Children with abdominal pain are a diagnostic conundrum. On the one hand those who have appendicitis need to be diagnosed in ...