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A team led by Dr. Anupam Kharbanda of Children s Minnesota in Minneapolis found that although decision support didn t necessarily reduce the overall use of CT for diagnosing pediatric appendicitis across the entire study population, at one health system it did reduce the use of the modality in those children at low or moderate risk of the condition. Although [our study] did not show an overall reduction in imaging, [it] revealed more appropriate use of diagnostic imaging, the group wrote. Although appendicitis is the most common pediatric surgical emergency, it can be difficult to distinguish it from other causes of acute abdominal pain, Kharbanda and colleagues noted. The pressure to improve emergency department efficiency has led to an increase in the use of CT and ultrasound in patients with suspected appendicitis, but both have their drawbacks: CT exposes children to radiation and ultrasound may produce unclear results. ....