A SCHOOLGIRL, 11, died after four doctors “missed her appendicitis”, an inquest has heard. Lacey Brookman’s appendix is ...

An 11-year-old girl died after four doctors failed to spot her appendicitis, an inquest has ruled.Lacey Brookman, a Year 6 ...

USA: A recent study using data from the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Pediatric (NSQIP-P) database has ...

Background Acute appendicitis is a local intestinal inflammation with unclear origin. The aim was to test whether bacteria in appendicitis differ in composition to bacteria found in caecal biopsies ...

Background: Recent literature supports the use of CT for all patients with right lower quadrant pain to improve diagnostic accuracy and reduce hospital cost. Our current practice at a large ...

The first thing that often comes to mind when we think of a hospital emergency room (ER) is critical medical cases— things ...

A nineteen-year-old patient who claims physicians mishandled her treatment for appendicitis can’t pursue her lawsuit without divulging her medical records in open court, the Massachusetts Appeals ...

A woman who says she was repeatedly denied emergency care last spring is blasting the Newfoundland and Labrador health-care ...

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When the final seconds elapsed and Anaheim grabbed a 4-2 victory, Gibson recorded the 194th win of his career with a 38-save ...