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Accuracy of abdominal ultrasound for the diagnosis of small bowel obstruction in the emergency department

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30181794

Our data
of 93.8% and a specificity ... sensitivity of 94.3% and specificity ... Obstruction #SBO #POCUS ... Diagnosis #Accuracy #Testing ... VisualAbstract #EBM
Emergency physician interpretation of point-of-care ultrasound for identifying and grading of hydronephrosis in renal colic compared
pubmed/29663580 #EBM ... VisualAbstract #POCUS ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... #Testing
The value of point-of-care ultrasound for detecting nail bed injury in [the] ED

American Journal of Emergency
Subungual #Fracture #POCUS ... #Ultrasound #EBM ... #Sensitivity #Specificity ... #Testing
Predicting an anatomically and/or physiologically challenging airway is not a straightforward task by any stretch of
some existing difficult-airway ... elective surgery setting ... prediction models only focus ... #Diagnosis #EM # ... Heaven #Criteria #Difficult
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
any mention of a difficult ... Performance thorough ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... surgery Stress Testing ... preoperative stress testing
Small Bowel Obstruction on POCUS

This 28yo female with history of Crohn's disease presents with abdominal pain,
Obstruction on POCUS ... presents with abdominal ... which she reports getting ... sensitivity & specificity ... #Obstruction #POCUS
Incarcerated Hernia on POCUS

Pregnant F w/ abdominal pain? No need for radiation when #POCUS shows a
Pregnant F w/ abdominal ... colleagues for trusting ... our POCUS skills ... - MCW EM Ultrasound ... #abdominal #ultrasound
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
(@MarkRamzyDO, EM ... This post will focus ... you’re having difficulty ... consider intra-abdominal ... fractures may have difficulty