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-appendectomy ...

Have you ever treated a child with abdominal pain that you suspected might be caused by appendicitis? It’s tempting to go straight to a CT scan, but such scans expose children to ionizing radiation, ...

Nov. 16 (UPI) --CT scans expose patients to radiation, even as they help doctors spot serious health problems. Now, a new study finds low-dose scans can spot appendicitis readily while reducing ...

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, ...

July 23, 2009 — Low-dose unenhanced computed tomography (CT) that delivers approximately 50% less radiation is just as effective in diagnosing appendicitis as standard-dose contrast-enhanced CT, ...

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, ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A lower dose of CT radiation was as effective in diagnosing acute appendicitis as screening performed with a ...

Patients with possible appendicitis are typically evaluated using a standard-dose contrast enhanced CT, but a low-dose unenhanced CT that delivers approximately 50% less radiation is just as effective ...

Fei Jianjun, 40, who suffered from rhinocarcinoma, receives a CT scan at a hospital in Changchun, Jilin province August 19, 2010. Fei found a red knot on his nose last September, which then grew into ...

Children presenting with atypical symptoms of appendicitis require imaging to make a diagnosis. Ultrasonography has been successfully used for this purpose for many years, but accuracy is ...

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, ...