The standard practice for the diagnosis of appendicitis has evolved from history and physical examination to reliance on computed tomography (CT), ultrasound (US) and, dubiously, laboratory tests ...

The incidence of appendicitis in pregnancy varies ... Obtain surgical consultation during pregnancy. Ultrasound is still used as the primary diagnostic test or the diagnosis is made based on ...

An 11-year-old girl died after four doctors failed to spot her appendicitis ... symptoms and her condition was only diagnosed after an ultrasound, the inquest was told. Dr Julian Morris, the ...