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

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

When Anna Jackson, 22, started experiencing abdomen pain, she thought it was caused by period cramps or that she had a burst ...

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

"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 ...