Abdominal pain is among the most common reasons children are taken to the emergency department. A small proportion of them usually have appendicitis, and timely detection is essential.

"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 ...

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

Background: Recent literature supports the use of CT for all patients with right lower quadrant pain to improve diagnostic ... in patients for whom appendicitis is included in the differential ...

She had been in pain for the entire 90-minute flight. Her abdomen was so distended and tender that she felt as if it might ...

Researchers found that large pediatric centers achieve low rates of delayed diagnosis of appendicitis while also having the lowest rates of CT use.

Whether you're dealing with a dull ache, sharp pain in your abdomen or something in between, you're likely wondering "Why ...

With harmless causes, the pain is most often better or gone in 2 hours. With stomach flu, belly cramps may happen before each bout of vomiting or diarrhea. These cramps may come and go for a few days.

Intense Abdominal Pain That Does Not Go Away If you begin to feel intense abdominal pain that doesn’t go away, it could be a sign that you need emergency medical attention for a severe condition, such ...

With harmless causes, the pain is most often better or gone in 2 hours. With stomach flu, belly cramps may happen before each bout of vomiting or diarrhea. These cramps may come and go for a few days.

AbbVie said on Friday that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved its drug for complicated intra-abdominal infections ...