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Journal of Pediatric Surgery, 2002
Morbidity in children treated with appendicitis results either from late diagnosis or negative appendectomy. A Prospective analysis of efficacy of Pediatric Appendicitis Score for early diagnosis of appendicitis in children was conducted.In the last 5 years, 1,170 children aged 4 to 15 years with abdominal pain suggestive of acute appendicitis were ...
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Morbidity in children treated with appendicitis results either from late diagnosis or negative appendectomy. A Prospective analysis of efficacy of Pediatric Appendicitis Score for early diagnosis of appendicitis in children was conducted.In the last 5 years, 1,170 children aged 4 to 15 years with abdominal pain suggestive of acute appendicitis were ...
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Diagnostic Accuracy in Pediatric Appendicitis
PEDIATRICS, 2004To the Editor .— Smink et al1 analyzed the Kids’ Inpatient Database and found that pediatric appendicitis misdiagnosis rates were lower in hospitals with higher annual appendectomy volumes. They suggested that successful practices from highest-volume hospitals could be disseminated to “improve the diagnosis of appendicitis throughout the pediatric ...
D. G. Bundy, D. S. Smink, S. J. Fishman
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Malpractice in Cases of Pediatric Appendicitis
Clinical Pediatrics, 2016Appendicitis is one of the most common diagnoses in children and is frequently the focus of alleged malpractice. Causes for medical malpractice claims and outcomes of disputes in pediatric patients with appendicitis are currently unknown. A retrospective database review of all medical malpractice claims concerning the diagnosis of appendicitis from ...
Veronica F, Sullins +2 more
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Delayed Diagnosis in Pediatric Appendicitis
Southern Medical Journal, 1988Delay in appendectomy occurs from failure to contact a physician, or from a physician's failure to make a proper diagnosis. In our study delay was due to physician error in 32 of 422 children who had appendectomy. Symptoms consistent with appendicitis were documented on the initial visit in each case, but 22 patients had a history of previous similar ...
E S, Golladay, J R, Sarrett
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The Heidelberg Appendicitis Score Simplifies Identification of Pediatric Appendicitis
The Indian Journal of Pediatrics, 2016To identify the factors that facilitate the diagnosis of pediatric appendicitis.Institutionally approved retrospective, single center analysis of all patients with acute abdominal pain was done. Medical history, symptoms, laboratory and radiologic findings of all children presenting with abdominal pain were evaluated.
Michael, Boettcher +2 more
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Prospective Validation of the Pediatric Appendicitis Score
Journal of Pediatrics, 2008To prospectively validate the Pediatric Appendicitis Score (PAS), developed on a cohort of children with abdominal pain suggestive of appendicitis, in unselected children with abdominal pain who present to the emergency department.Over a 19-month period, we prospectively recruited children 1 to 17 years old who came to our tertiary pediatric emergency ...
Ran D Goldman
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Pediatric Appendicitis: An Argument for US
Radiology, 2010Increased use of US in the evaluation of appendicitis represents one of the most substantial opportunities for reduction of CT radiation exposure to children in the United States.
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Pediatric subhepatic appendicitis with elevated lipase
The American Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2019Appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency in children, of which most are located in the retrocecal space or pelvis. Appendicitis occurring in the subhepatic space is uncommon and may present with atypical features such as right upper quadrant pain, leading to delayed diagnosis and complications.
Scott A. McAninch, Austin Essenburg
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Trends in the Diagnosis and Management of Pediatric Appendicitis
Pediatrics In Review, 2016• On the basis of class B evidence and consensus, acute appendicitis in children can often be diagnosed clinically with only selective use of imaging. (13)(14)(15)(16) • On the basis of class B evidence and consensus, ultrasonography is the test of choice when acute appendicitis is suspected but is unclear based on history, physical examination, and ...
Laura W, Hansen, Stephen E, Dolgin
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Diagnosing pediatric appendicitis
Clinical Pediatric Emergency Medicine, 1999Abstract Appendicitis is the most common surgical cause of abdominal pain in children, The diagnosis is fairly straightforward in a child with the classic history of epigastric or periumbilical pain followed by anorexia, nausea, or vomiting, with migration of pain to the right lower quadrant of the abdomen and low-grade fever. It is the child with an
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