Based on normal appearing appendices, as well as normal abdominal or renal sonograms, the remaining five patients were observed in the hospital for 2 to 5 days until their symptoms improved. Dr. Castro and her associates advocate helical CT in this setting because it obviates extensive exploration for multiple potential diagnoses and thus the incision at surgery may kept to a minimum size. Radiation exposure, they write, is well below the accepted safe level of fetal exposure, and the risks of surgery to mother and fetus can be avoided if CT results are negative. Com Web Ring. All rights reserved.
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