Immediate Emergency Department Diagnosis of Pyloric Stenosis with Point-of-care Ultrasound

A 15-day-old male who was born at term presented with non-bilious projectile vomiting. He was nontoxic and his abdomen was benign without masses. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) showed hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (HPS). Typical findings include target sign; pyloric muscle thickness greater than t...

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Autores principales: Dorinzi, Nicole, Pagenhardt, Justine, Sharon, Melinda, Robinson, Kristine, Setzer, Erin, Denne, Nicolas, Minardi, Joseph
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5965224/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29849342
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2017.9.35016

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