A urine test for appendicitis?
Tuesday, June 23, 2009 - 07:49
in Health & Medicine
Appendicitis is the most common childhood surgical emergency, but the diagnosis can be challenging, especially in children, often leading to either unnecessary surgery in children without appendicitis, or a ruptured appendix and serious complications when the condition is missed. Now, emergency medicine physicians and scientists at the Proteomics Centre at Children's Hospital Boston demonstrate that a protein detectable in urine might serve as a 'biomarker' for appendicitis. Their report was published online 23 June by the Annals of Emergency Medicine...