Point-of-care sonographic detection of intestinal

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 586-587

  Kessler, David O ^a   Gurwitz, Avrahom ^a   Tsung, James W ^a  

^a BELLEVUE HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ascaris; Diagnosis; Parasite; Point of care; Ultrasound

Indexed keywords

ALBENDAZOLE; ANTHELMINTIC AGENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CASE REPORT; COLON DISEASE; DESCENDING COLON; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; PARASITOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ALBENDAZOLE; ANIMALS; ANTHELMINTICS; ASCARIASIS; ASCARIS LUMBRICOIDES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLON, DESCENDING; COLONIC DISEASES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE;

EID: 79952109786     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0b013e3181ea72bb     Document Type: Article

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