Ultrasound for Appendicitis

What this episode covers

<br /> This episode of PEM Currents: The Pediatric Emergency Medicine podcast is focused on the use of ultrasound to make the diagnosis of acute appendicitis. You&#8217;ll learn about how a right lower quadrant ultrasound is performed, what we look for on the images, how to interpret positive, negative, and intermediate/equivocal results and much more! This episode was co-produced by Liz Lendrum, a senior pediatric resident at Cincinnati Children’s. She developed the learning objectives, compiled the references, and did a stellar job preparing the script and show notes that we used to record this episode. You can follow her on Twitter <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://twitter.com/liz_lendrum" target="_blank">@liz_lendrum</a>.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://pemblog.com">PEMBlog.com</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://twitter.com/pemtweets">Follow @PEMTweets on Twitter</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://Facebook.com/pemtweets">Check out the Facebook page</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> CME &amp; MOC Part 2<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> We are proud to offer CME and MOC Part 2 from Cincinnati Children&#8217;s. Click this link to go to the page for credit. Credit is free and registration is required.<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://cchmc.cloud-cme.com/course/courseoverview?P=0&amp;EID=40690" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Click here to claim CME and MOC part 2 Credit</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Appendicits Clinical Scores<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.mdcalc.com/pediatric-appendicitis-score-pas" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pediatric Appendicitis Score &#8211; MD Calc</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.mdcalc.com/alvarado-score-acute-appendicitis" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Alvarado Score for Acute Appendicitis &#8211; MD Calc</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="https://www.mdcalc.com/pediatric-appendicitis-risk-calculator-parc" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">Pediatric Appendicitis Risk Calculator &#8211; MD Calc</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> References<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29535251" target="_blank">Kharbanda AB, Vazquez-benitez G, Ballard DW, et al. Development and Validation of a Novel Pediatric Appendicitis Risk Calculator (pARC). Pediatrics. 2018;141(4).</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://www.annemergmed.com/article/S0196-0644(19)30346-4/abstract" target="_blank">Cotton DM, Vinson DR, Vazquez-benitez G, et al. Validation of the Pediatric Appendicitis Risk Calculator (pARC) in a Community Emergency Department Setting. Ann Emerg Med. 2019.</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="https://com-emergency.sites.medinfo.ufl.edu/files/2013/02/Pediatric-Appendicitis-Score.pdf" target="_blank">Samuel M. Pediatric Appendicitis Score. Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Vol 37,No 6 (June),2002: pp 877-881.</a><br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://ebm.bmj.com/content/14/1/26.extract" target="_blank">Goldman RD. The Pa