Point-of-care ultrasound in a patient with perforated appendicitis

Pediatric Emergency Care

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 665-667

  Lavine, Elyse Katz ^a   Saul, Turandot ^a   Frasure, Sarah E ^b   Lewiss, Resa E ^a  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

appendicitis; appendix ultrasound; point of care ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ENEMA; INFUSION FLUID; MAGNESIUM CITRATE; MORPHINE; PARACETAMOL; SODIUM DIHYDROGEN PHOSPHATE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ABDOMINAL TENDERNESS; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; APPENDIX PERFORATION; BLOATING; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSTIPATION; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FLUID RESUSCITATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE SOUND; LEUKOCYTE COUNT; LONG TERM CARE; LOOSE FECES; PELVIS ABSCESS; PERCUTANEOUS DRAINAGE; PERIPHERALLY INSERTED CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; PERITONEAL FLUID; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POINT OF CARE TESTING; POINT OF CARE ULTRASOUND; REAL TIME ULTRASOUND SCANNER; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; TACHYCARDIA; URETHRAL CATHETERIZATION; URINALYSIS; ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; COMPLICATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; RUPTURE;

ABDOMINAL ABSCESS; ABDOMINAL PAIN; APPENDICITIS; APPENDIX; CHILD; CONSTIPATION; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS;

EID: 84926014388     PISSN: 07495161     EISSN: 15351815     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000219     Document Type: Review

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