Abdominal Pain in the Elderly Patient: Point-of-care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Small Bowel Obstruction

CASE PRESENTATION: A 67-year-old female presented to the emergency department (ED) complaining of generalized abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting. Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) demonstrated dilated bowel loops measuring up to 4.1 centimeters and localized free fluid, consistent with a small bowe...

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Autores principales: Hussein, Ahmad, Arena, Alexander, Yu, Connie, Cirilli, Angela, Kurkowski, Ellen
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: University of California Irvine, Department of Emergency Medicine publishing Western Journal of Emergency Medicine 2021
Materias:
Images in Emergency Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7872622/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33560972
http://dx.doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.2020.11.50029

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