A new study indicates that a classification system based on patient symptoms and
basic lab tests can reduce the
need for diagnostic
imaging, hospital admissions, and surgery in patients with suspected appendicitis.
Again, modern
imaging methods are enabling this information to be translated to the developing human brain (27), and indeed,
imaging with neuropsychology is an area where rapid progress is being made and
needs to be made to translate the growing
basic neuroscience knowledge of mechanisms into clinical relevance and application.