Using antibiotics alone to treat children with uncomplicated appendicitis is a cost-saving ... Patients whose symptoms did not resolve underwent laparoscopic appendectomy during the same hospital ...

"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 ...

She’d receive the drugs intravenously in the hospital, and if her symptoms improved ... nearly 500 people (a mix of adults ...

The pain then tends to migrate to the right side of the abdomen. Other appendicitis symptoms include a loss of appetite, fever, nausea, and vomiting. 4. Kidney Infection Pyelonephritis (kidney ...

The average age was approximately nine years, the duration of symptoms prior to ... of IV therapy in perforated appendicitis. In summary, our data show that children with perforated appendicitis ...

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 ...

Current research has not found an association between rheumatoid arthritis and appendicitis, but some studies found a link between other autoimmune diseases and appendicitis.