1. Department of Radiology, Kennemer Gasthuis, Haarlem, The Netherlands, 2. Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Background: An 8-year-old boy was admitted to the pediatric department with two small lumps a few centimeters above the clavicles, medial from the mid-clavicular line, in a symmetrical arrangement (Fig. 1). Sometimes fluid was leaking out of th...

STUDY OBJECTIVE We investigate the accuracy of pediatric emergency physician sonography for acute appendicitis in children. METHODS We prospectively enrolled children requiring surgical or radiology consultation for suspected acute appendicitis at an urban pediatric emergency department. Pediatric emergency physicians performed focused right lower-quadrant sonography after didactics and hands...

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