Patient-Friendly Summary of the ACR Appropriateness Criteria: Suspected Appendicitis —Child

The appendix is a finger-shaped pouch off the first part of the colon. Appendicitis is inflammation of the appendix. Symptoms of appendicitis include pain, appetite loss, nausea, and vomiting, but these symptoms also occur for other illness and disease conditions, sometimes making appendicitis hard to diagnose. Appendicitis is most common in adolescents, less common in infants and preschool children, and rare in newborns. The most common treatment is an appendectomy, the surgical removal of the appendix.
Source: Journal of the American College of Radiology : JACR - Category: Radiology Authors: Tags: Appropriate Use Criteria Source Type: research