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Furthermore, we assessed the importance of specific clinical predictors in this population.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We conducted a retrospective chart review of all children who presented to our pediatric emergency department from 2011 to 2013 and had an abdominal ultrasound. We identified total numbers of ultrasounds with a nonvisualized appendix and then assessed follow-up for a randomly selected group of patients. We performed logistic regression to assess the predictive value of different clinical factors.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>A total of 3245 ultrasounds were analyzed, and in 54% of these, the appendix was nonvisualized. In total, 28% of the total patients and 11.9% of patients who received a nonvisualized ultrasound had appendicitis (95% confidence interval [CI], 8.3%\u201316.2%). Among those patients who had follow-up studies performed during the same visit, 21.2% had appendicitis (95% CI, 14.9%\u201328.8%), and of those discharged without a diagnosis, 1.5% had appendicitis (95% CI, 0.2%\u20135.4%). Male sex, leukocytosis, and an elevated absolute neutrophil count were each significantly associated with appendicitis after a nonvisualized appendix on ultrasound.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>A significant proportion of patients with suspected appendicitis who had an initial nonvisualized appendix on ultrasound were ultimately diagnosed with appendicitis. Clinicians must be vigilant about pursuing a definitive diagnosis if an initial ultrasound is nondiagnostic.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1097\/pec.0000000000001672","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,14]],"date-time":"2018-11-14T01:22:39Z","timestamp":1542158559000},"page":"e456-e460","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1097\/lww.0000000000001000","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":13,"title":["Outcomes for Children With a Nonvisualized Appendix on Ultrasound"],"prefix":"10.1097","volume":"37","author":[{"given":"Kristy","family":"Williamson","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park, NY"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joshua M.","family":"Sherman","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joanna Stein","family":"Fishbein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research, New Hyde Park, NY."}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Joshua","family":"Rocker","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park, NY"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"276","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2018,11,13]]},"reference":[{"key":"bib1-20250504","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"910","DOI":"10.1093\/oxfordjournals.aje.a115734","article-title":"The epidemiology of appendicity and appendectomy in the United States","volume":"132","year":"1990","journal-title":"Am J Epidemiol"},{"key":"bib2-20250504","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"8","DOI":"10.1097\/00006565-199003000-00004","article-title":"Children with abdominal pain: evaluation in the pediatric emergency department","volume":"6","year":"1990","journal-title":"Pediatr Emerg Care"},{"key":"bib3-20250504","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"717","DOI":"10.1001\/archsurg.1979.01370300071011","article-title":"Pediatric appendicitis. 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