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.
This means the test is very specific for appendicitis, but is not very sensitive. The patient may have acute appendicitis, but it may be missed because the appendix is not visualized. For example, if the appendix is retrocecal (behind the right side of the colon), or if the patient is too obese to scan accurately, it may not be seen and another test may be needed. CT Scan. In many places abdominal CT scan has become the test used most often to make the definitive diagnosis of appendicitis. Until recently, obese patients and elderly patients with other conditions would undergo CT scans of the abdomen instead of ultrasound.