Introduction: The abdominal pain associated with diarrhea can be difficult to distinguish from appendicitis. We present a case series of all children found on pediatric emergency department point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) to have right-sided bowel wall edema.
Methods: Over the study period June 2020 through September 2023, POCUS images were collected by a pediatric emergency physician with 6 years of experience with POCUS.
Context: First-voided urinary LH (FVU-LH) has been suggested as an alternative to GnRH stimulation test for detection of precocious puberty.
Objective: To evaluate the reproducibility of FVU-LH, its correlation with basal and GnRH-stimulated gonadotropins, and its diagnostic value for differentiating progressive from nonprogressive puberty.
Design And Participants: Clinical and endocrine data were obtained from the medical records of 95 girls with suspected progressive puberty who underwent 2 consecutive FVU-LH tests.