25.5) and perforation rate (31% in 1995 vs ... benefit most from the use of CT scan in the diagnosis of appendicitis.

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

Studies in pediatric patients suggest that acute appendicitis ... Physical and CT findings, which included guarding, rebound, peritoneal fluid, fecalith, and perforation predicted advanced pathology.

All had suspected non-perforated appendicitis based on clinical exam, with or without radiological diagnosis. At 12-month follow-up, primary outcome data were available for 846 (90%) patients.

we attempted to identify patients who perforated while waiting for a CT or subsequent to a CT that did not reveal radiographic evidence of appendicitis. We were unable to identify such a patient ...