Earthguy69 t1_j25aahg wrote
Reply to comment by Prinzka in TIL of Dick Roth, a swimmer who was diagnosed with appendicitis shortly before the men’s 400m individual medley in the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. He refused an immediate operation and instead swam in the finals, winning a gold medal. by alexjpg
No, that is literally how it is.
An ultrasound can never say it's not appendicitis. Most often an ultrasound doesn't show it.
Doing a CT scan is just giving a young patient a lot of unnecessary radiation.
The medical legal climate in the US might be different but in most places they do not do a CT scan because the presentation is so obvious.
How long have you worked in the ED?
Prinzka t1_j25bz8i wrote
I know you're trying to argue from a position of authority so that you can go "hah see I've worked in X profession longer!".
I never said that I do this in a hospital.
I have no clue what an ultrasound can show in these cases.
What I'm saying is that after MY appendix perforated they did not know what it was.
All the tests they did included doing an ultrasound and an x-ray.
They didn't tell me what each test would specifically look for.
Just making the point that it's not an automatic cut and dry "oh that's acute appendicitis".
Especially if you've got someone with high pain tolerance.
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