Current Diagnostic Approaches and Challenges in the General Emergency Department Evaluation of Suspected Pediatric Appendicitis: A Qualitative Study

Background. Pediatric abdominal pain accounts for more than 1 million emergency department (ED) visits annually, and appendicitis is the most common surgical emergency. Guidelines recommend ultrasound as the initial imaging study for diagnosing pediatric appendicitis. However, because of the variabi...

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Principais autores:	Courtney W. Mangus, Sarah J. Parker, Brian J. Zikmund-Fisher, Anupam Kharbanda, Melissa Brooks, Helene M. Epstein, Timothy C. Guetterman, Emma Griffin, Aparna Joshi, Bryan Judge, Heather Orman-Lubell, Milisa Manojlovich, Brigid Rice, Gul R. Sachwani-Daswani, Suz Schrandt, Karen Elizabeth Speck, Prashant Mahajan, Elizabeth M. Schoenfeld
Formato:	Artigo
Idioma:	Inglês
Publicado em:	SAGE Publishing 2026-04-01
Colecção:	MDM Policy & Practice
Acesso em linha:	https://doi.org/10.1177/23814683261438831
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