The accuracy for differentiating between uncomplicated and complicated acute appendicitis was 90.3% with low-dose CT and 87.6% with standard-dose CT, the researchers said.

A new paper in the British Journal of Surgery, published by Oxford University Press, indicates it's now possible to diagnose appendicitis using low-does CT scans, decreasing the radiation exposure ...

The hospital admitted a total of 989 patients to the emergency room with suspected acute appendicitis. Some 53% per cent underwent low-dose CT scans and 47% were diagnosed with standard-dose CT scans.

Pediatric hospitals are more likely to use ultrasound imaging first when evaluating suspected appendicitis compared with community hospitals.

When someone has all the signs of acute appendicitis, waiting to get a CT scan to confirm the diagnosis is not a good idea, researchers report. Compared with a straight-to-surgery approach, the CT ...

Commentary on a study on the efficacy of low-dose CT for the diagnosis of acute appendicitis, published April 2012 in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Researchers at Mayo Clinic Children's Center have found that using an algorithm in diagnosing pediatric patients with suspected appendicitis can reduce the number of CT scans.

CT scans are often used to diagnose acute appendicitis because they are accurate, widely available and have the ability to provide clinicians with advanced information in appendicitis cases ...

Preoperative computed tomography may help reduce unnecessary surgeries in women of reproductive age with suspected acute appendicitis, according to a new study.

WASHINGTON (Reuters Health) -- When someone has all the signs of acute appendicitis, waiting to get a CT scan to confirm the diagnosis is not a good idea, researchers report. Compared with a ...