Importance Delayed diagnosis of appendicitis is associated with worse outcomes than
timely diagnosis, but clinical features associated with diagnostic delay are uncertain, and the …

Objective: To determine the association of emergency department (ED) volume of children
and delayed diagnosis of appendicitis. Background: Delayed diagnosis of appendicitis is …

Objective To derive and validate a tool that retrospectively identifies delayed diagnosis of
appendicitis in administrative data with high accuracy. Design Cross-sectional study. Setting …

Background: Although ultrasound is considered the gold standard for the evaluation of
children with suspected appendicitis, there is still much debate about the most accurate …

Introduction The diagnostic performance of capillary ketonemia (CK) has been previously
evaluated in context of pediatric acute gastroenteritis. To our knowledge, there is no …

BACKGROUND: Abdominal pain is a common and non-specific symptom in children. It is
important to be able to distinguish the source of abdominal pain before surgery …

BACKGROUND Detection of delayed diagnosis using administrative databases may
illuminate the healthcare settings at highest risk. A method for detection of delays in claims …

Background: Most studies have demonstrated the high accuracy of ultrasound for the
diagnosis of acute appendicitis (AA) in children. However, the lack of visualization of the …

Objective Despite the substantial advancements in imaging techniques for the diagnosis
and differential diagnosis of acute appendicitis (AA) over recent decades, the specificity and …

Background: The literature regarding alterations in the coagulation profile in pediatric acute
appendicitis (PAA) is scarce and mainly limited to retrospective studies. Evidence on the …