Birth Date: _______________ Age: ____ Grade: ____ ï± Male ï± Female. Dear Parent/Guardian: In the Safe Sitter course, a great deal of information is presented in a short period of. time. Some children are unable to keep up with the pace.
An ultrasound may show appendiceal inflammation, gallbladder disease, and pregnancy. However, the most common imaging test that is used to diagnose appendicitis is the CT scan, which can: Provide a series of cross-sectional images of the body.
Appendicitis Diagnosis, Imaging Tests. Print. An x-ray of the abdomen may be augmented by another film of the abdomen taken while the patient is sitting or lying on his or her left side. It is very unlikely that the diagnosis of appendicitis will be made by x-ray, but there is one exception.