Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Perforated Appendicitis in the Pediatric Emergency Department: A Case Series.

Abstract:

:Point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) is being used for clinical decision making with increasing frequency across a broad range of indications in pediatric emergency medicine (PEM). We present a series of 4 patients in whom POCUS was used to facilitate a diagnosis of perforated appendicitis.

journal_name

Pediatr Emerg Care

journal_title

Pediatric emergency care

authors

Azhdam DB,Marin JR

doi

10.1097/PEC.0000000000002082

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

2020-12-01 00:00:00

pages

606-608

issue

12

eissn

0749-5161

issn

1535-1815

journal_volume

36

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