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. To do so, ...

A typical platelet count range can change with age. Platelet counts may fluctuate due to natural vascular aging, changes in bone marrow tissue, and altered blood plasma makeup. Platelets, or ...

A small proportion of them usually have appendicitis, and timely detection is essential. To do so, clinicians often rely on imaging, such as ultrasound or CT scans. Although delayed diagnosis of ...

My pelvic exam, blood work and Pap smear were all normal, so she sent me to a fertility specialist who had me do a CA 125 blood test and an internal ultrasound, which showed a grapefruit-sized ...

In a new study published in the journal The Lancet, researchers have explored the possibility of treating acute, non-perforated appendicitis ... can return to their normal lives more quickly.

Failure of antibiotics was defined as patients having a subsequent appendicectomy, and failure in the appendicectomy group was defined as patients having a normal appendix identified on pathology. A ...

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