How useful are bowel sounds in assessing the abdomen?

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 422-426

  Gu, Yuqi ^a   Lim, Hyun Ja ^a   Moser, Michael A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Auscultation; Bowel sounds; Ileus; Interobserver variation; Obstruction

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RECORDING; SMALL INTESTINE; SOUND;

ABDOMEN; AUSCULTATION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; ILEUS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SOUND; TAPE RECORDING;

EID: 77957807658     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000319372     Document Type: Article

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