When she got to the hospital, even the doctors thought her diagnosis would be appendicitis, but they had to run some tests — like a CT and ultrasound — to confirm. Except, she didn’t have an ...

Ultrasound diagnoses appendicitis without X-rays Date: December 24, 2012 Source: Washington University in St. Louis Summary: Children suspected of having appendicitis are more likely to receive CT ...

Color Doppler ultrasound, not CT, should be the first imaging examination for adult patients with suspected acute appendicitis, a new study emphasizes. Color Doppler ultrasound, not CT, should be ...

As the use of ultrasound increases, the use of CT declines, but is ultrasound really a good substitute for CT?

Using ultrasound to detect appendicitis has recently become more frequent, especially at St. Louis Children's Hospital; over half of children initially seen at St. Louis Children's Hospital, ...

During the transition to an ultrasound-first paradigm for imaging acute appendicitis in pediatric patients, there does not seem to be any increase in complicated appendicitis diagnoses or a longer ...

Isabel Schimpff parted ways with her appendix in May, three days after she turned 10. On Monday she got to see ultrasound scans of the inflamed organ. She met pediatric radiologist Robert DeFlorio,… ...

Knowing that you have appendicitis can be tricky; ... Drs. Oz and Roizen: Diagnosing appendicitis with ultrasound and speed bumps. Updated: Jan. 23, 2013, 11:00 a.m.

Community hospitals are more than 4 times more likely than pediatric institutions to use radiation-exposing computed tomography (CT) scans and 80% less likely to use ultrasound for pre ...

Pediatric ultrasound for appendicitis is not an easy test. Our ultrasonographers have been doing this a long time at primaries and are very good at it. We actually know based on what they see on the ...

Color Doppler ultrasound, not CT, should be the first imaging examination for adult patients with suspected acute appendicitis, a new study emphasizes. The study of 420 medical records found that ...