Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Pneumoperitoneum in the Emergency Department

Prompt and accurate diagnostic evaluation of the nontraumatic acute abdomen in the emergency department (ED) is crucial to lessen mortality burden. In patients with perforated viscus and pneumoperitoneum, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can assist the emergency physician (EP) in the rapid bedside d...

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Autores principales: Bacci, Melissa, Kushwaha, Roli, Cabrera, Gabriel, Kalivoda, Eric J
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7346317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32656019
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8503
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description Prompt and accurate diagnostic evaluation of the nontraumatic acute abdomen in the emergency department (ED) is crucial to lessen mortality burden. In patients with perforated viscus and pneumoperitoneum, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can assist the emergency physician (EP) in the rapid bedside diagnosis. This report describes a case in which EP-performed POCUS led to the early detection and timely management of an atypical presentation of pneumoperitoneum.
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spelling pubmed-73463172020-07-10 Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Pneumoperitoneum in the Emergency Department Bacci, Melissa Kushwaha, Roli Cabrera, Gabriel Kalivoda, Eric J Cureus Emergency Medicine Prompt and accurate diagnostic evaluation of the nontraumatic acute abdomen in the emergency department (ED) is crucial to lessen mortality burden. In patients with perforated viscus and pneumoperitoneum, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) can assist the emergency physician (EP) in the rapid bedside diagnosis. This report describes a case in which EP-performed POCUS led to the early detection and timely management of an atypical presentation of pneumoperitoneum. Cureus 2020-06-08 /pmc/articles/PMC7346317/ /pubmed/32656019 http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.8503 Text en Copyright © 2020, Bacci et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7346317/
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