Diagnostic performance of the classic symptom "abdominal pain before vomiting" for pediatric acute appendicitis

• Main Authors: Hiroki Kitaoka (Author), Hayato Chikai (Author), Keiko Watanabe (Author), Hiroto Ida (Author), Tadayuki Kumagai (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Acute appendicitis is the most common type of acute abdomen that requires surgical intervention in children. According to general pediatric textbooks, the presence of vomiting before abdominal pain is considered a classic patient history item for excluding acute appendicitis. However, it...