Usefulness of Bowel Sound Auscultation: A Prospective Evaluation

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 768-773

  Felder, Seth ^a   Margel, David ^b   Murrell, Zuri ^a   Fleshner, Phillip ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

auscultation; bowel sounds; ileus; small bowel obstruction

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; ELECTRONIC STETHOSCOPE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTESTINE SOUND; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE ILEUS; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; SURGICAL TRAINING; VERY ELDERLY; EVALUATION STUDY; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL INTESTINE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSCULTATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ILEUS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINE, SMALL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906046972     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2014.02.003     Document Type: Article

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