Abdominal Pain Board Review Questions: Free CME QuizAbdominal Pain CME Quiz courtesy of Med-Challenger Online Medical EducationThis week’s Med-Challenger free CME quiz – Abdominal Pain – the quick quiz covers patient populations with abdominal pain at risk for serious disease, disposition decisions for patients with nonspecific abdominal pain, clinical presentation and radiographic findings in small bowel obstruction, and the diagnostic … Read More
Missed Pediatric Appendicitis Cases and Common Misleading History and Findings – Closing the Clinical Knowledge Gap
Missed Pediatric Appendicitis Cases – Closing Clinical Knowledge GapsBeware these misleading history and physical findings that can lead to missed pediatric appendicitis cases.In August 2021, a study was published that searched for – and found – a cluster of misleading history and physical findings that are shared among pediatric cases of missed appendicitis. We detail the common causes of these … Read More