A bdominal pain is a common clinical presentation in many disorders which makes the diagnosis challenging. In suspicious appendicitis cases, t he correct diagnosis approach based on low, moderate and high risk with the validated scoring system can help to establish or exclude the cause. In continuation with the previous article which was about the clinical presentations of acute appendicitis in children, in th is article we will be discussing its diagnostic evaluation.
The primary diagnosis of acute appendicitis made clinically and the chief complaint is always represented with abdominal pain and abdominal tenderness on palpation. Other than appendicitis, abdominal pain could be because of pneumonia, streptococcal pharyngitis, pelvic inflammation therefore patient should receive treatment for respective conditions. The patients with suspicious conditions and unclear etiology should be…
