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 ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — Researchers have designed process that uses ultrasound to modify the behavior of cancer-fighting T cells by increasing their cell permeability. They targeted freshly isolated ...

A child experiencing kidney stones may need antibiotics if they develop a urinary tract infection, which can occur when ...

Familial Mediterranean fever can have nonspecific manifestations that mimic many common acquired disorders such as infections, acute appendicitis ... dealing with pediatric patients, so provisions ...

Increasingly important roles are played by imaging techniques (small bowel MRI, computed tomographic enterography and intestinal ultrasound ... diseases such as appendicitis, Meckel's diverticulum ...

After hours of persistent throbbing, she went to the emergency room, where doctors initially thought she had mild appendicitis ... part of a troubling trend in pediatric health.

6, 2024 — Clinics and hospitals currently defer medication abortion until ultrasound confirms a pregnancy ... safe and effective treatment ... First Pediatric Guideline on Opioid Prescribing ...