ArticleUltrasound (Leeds, England)2015
My patient has abdominal and flank pain: Identifying renal causes.
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9 citing papers in PubMed, 19 citations in OpenAlex.
- Bedside Clinical Ultrasound Performed by Family Physicians in Adult Patients With Abdominal Pain in a Hospital Emergency Department: Protocol for a Pilot Quasi-Experimental Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Percutaneous pulsed radiofrequency treatment of the splanchnic nerves for chronic flank pain secondary to non-obstructive nephrolithiasis.Interventional pain medicine · 2025Article
- When flank pain leads to fainting: a case of a ruptured angiomyolipoma diagnosed by point-of-care ultrasound.International journal of emergency medicine · 2024Article
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- Point-of-Care Abdominal Ultrasonography (POCUS) on the Way to the Right and Rapid Diagnosis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Bedside Assessment of the Kidneys and Bladder Using Point of Care Ultrasound.POCUS journal · 2022Review
- Acute Kidney Injury Caused by Obstructive Nephropathy.International journal of nephrology · 2020Review
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- Point-of-care ultrasound for the acute abdomen in the primary health care.Turkish journal of emergency medicineReview
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Abstract
Acute flank and abdominal pain are common presenting complaints in the emergency department. With increasing access to point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS), emergency physicians have an added tool to help identify renal problems as a cause of a patient's pain. PoCUS for hydronephrosis has a sensitivity of 72-83.3% and a varying specificity, similar to radiology-performed ultrasonography. In addition to assessment for hydronephrosis, PoCUS can help emergency physicians to exclude other serious causes of flank and abdominal pain such as the presence of an abdominal aortic aneurysm, or free fluid in the intraperitoneal space, which could represent hemorrhage. Use of PoCUS for the assessment of flank pain has resulted in more rapid diagnosis, decreased use of computed tomography, and shorter emergency department length of stay.
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