An ultrasound machine sends sound waves into the abdominal area and images are recorded on a computer. The black-and-white images show internal structures such as the appendix, intestines, liver, gall ...

Abdominal pain is among the most common reasons children are taken to the emergency department. A small proportion of them ...

An ultrasound scan revealed a tubular hypoechoic formation in the location that corresponded to the area of greatest tenderness. The surgery that was conducted showed an inflamed appendix in a ...

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether point-of-care abdominal ultrasound could affect the emergency department (ED) length of stay (LOS) of children attending with suspected ...

An ultrasound machine sends sound waves into the abdominal area and images are recorded on a computer. The black-and-white images show internal structures such as the appendix, intestines, liver, gall ...

"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 ...