Urine Test For Appendicitis To Indicate Which Children Need Surgery?

Appendicitis is the most common childhood surgical emergency, but can be hard to diagnose, often leading to either unnecessary surgery or serious complications when the condition is missed. Now, emergency physicians and proteomics researchers have identified a urine protein that might serve as a "biomarker" for appendicitis, the most accurate one known to date.

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