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Case report: an unrecognized etiology of transient gallbladder pain in heart failure diagnosed with internist-performed point-of-care ultrasound

The excellent sensitivity and specificity of right upper quadrant (RUQ) ultrasound for gallbladder pathology in patients with abdominal pain is heavily relied upon in routine diagnostic evaluation. The hour-to-hour timing of this test in a patient with fluctuating symptoms is not widely recognized a...

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Autores principales: Desautels, Christine N, Tierney, David M, Rossi, Federico, Rosborough, Terry K
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Milan 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4384720/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25852843
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13089-014-0019-8