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Point‐of‐care ultrasound diagnosis of a pyogenic liver abscess in the emergency department

Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is a rarely encountered condition in the emergency department (ED) that necessitates a timely diagnosis by the emergency physician. An early ED diagnosis is challenging as the presenting symptoms of PLA are often variable and nonspecific. The rapid bedside diagnosis of P...

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Autores principales: McClure, Matthew B., Patel, Kishan, Cabrera, Gabriel, Kalivoda, Eric J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8015912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33817691
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12412
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author McClure, Matthew B.
Patel, Kishan
Cabrera, Gabriel
Kalivoda, Eric J.
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description Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is a rarely encountered condition in the emergency department (ED) that necessitates a timely diagnosis by the emergency physician. An early ED diagnosis is challenging as the presenting symptoms of PLA are often variable and nonspecific. The rapid bedside diagnosis of PLA with point‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS) performed by emergency physicians has not been investigated thoroughly. This case report describes the expeditious identification and ED management of PLA by implementing emergency physician‐performed POCUS as the initial diagnostic modality.
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spelling pubmed-80159122021-04-02 Point‐of‐care ultrasound diagnosis of a pyogenic liver abscess in the emergency department McClure, Matthew B. Patel, Kishan Cabrera, Gabriel Kalivoda, Eric J. J Am Coll Emerg Physicians Open Imaging Pyogenic liver abscess (PLA) is a rarely encountered condition in the emergency department (ED) that necessitates a timely diagnosis by the emergency physician. An early ED diagnosis is challenging as the presenting symptoms of PLA are often variable and nonspecific. The rapid bedside diagnosis of PLA with point‐of‐care ultrasound (POCUS) performed by emergency physicians has not been investigated thoroughly. This case report describes the expeditious identification and ED management of PLA by implementing emergency physician‐performed POCUS as the initial diagnostic modality. John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2021-04-01 /pmc/articles/PMC8015912/ /pubmed/33817691 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12412 Text en © 2021 The Authors. JACEP Open published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American College of Emergency Physicians This is an open access article under the terms of the http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non‐commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made.
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McClure, Matthew B.
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Kalivoda, Eric J.
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title_fullStr Point‐of‐care ultrasound diagnosis of a pyogenic liver abscess in the emergency department
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title_short Point‐of‐care ultrasound diagnosis of a pyogenic liver abscess in the emergency department
title_sort point‐of‐care ultrasound diagnosis of a pyogenic liver abscess in the emergency department
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8015912/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33817691
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/emp2.12412
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