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High Ascending Retrocecal Appendicitis in a Pediatric Patient Detected by Point-of-care Ultrasound

A 10-year-old male presented to our pediatric emergency department with progressive, colicky abdominal pain for one day, associated with fever and non-bilious vomiting. He had a guarded abdomen with sluggish bowel sounds. He was noted to have poor perfusion with tachycardia, which resolved with flui...

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Autores principales: Mori, Takaaki, Shin, Teng S., Ong, Gene Y.K.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6497212/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31061973
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2019.2.41682