At some hospitals, children receive better care in the daytime than they do at night for suspected appendicitis, suggests a new report. At some hospitals, children receive better care in the daytime ...

Researchers at the Children's Hospital at Montefiore in New York have determined that the use of ultrasound as the first imaging option to detect appendicitis in children yields comparable results to ...

Although appendicitis is among the more common surgical conditions of childhood, complicated appendicitis requires considerably more resources and intervention. Delays in seeking care can contribute ...

Children who have greater acute appendicitis pain may be less likely to improve if they're treated with antibiotics alone, according to a secondary analysis of a nonrandomized clinical trial. "While ...

This Journal feature begins with a case vignette highlighting a common clinical problem. Evidence supporting various strategies is then presented, followed by a review of formal guidelines, when they ...

At some hospitals, children receive better care in the daytime than they do at night for suspected appendicitis. This is the finding of a study to be published in the April 2017 issue of Academic ...