ReviewEmergency medicine international2018
The Accuracy of Point-of-Care Ultrasound in Detecting Small Bowel Obstruction in Emergency Department.
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Who cites it
21 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 59 citations in OpenAlex.
- Pooled it
- POCUS for acute abdominal pain: practical scan protocols on gastrointestinal diseases and an evidence review.Journal of ultrasound · 2025Review
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasound by Emergency Physicians in Patients with Suspected Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO): A Multi-center Study.Medical journal of the Islamic Republic of Iran · 2025Article
- The Impact of Point-of-Care Ultrasound on the Diagnosis and Management of Small Bowel Obstruction in the Emergency Department: A Retrospective Observational Single-Center Study.Medicina (Kaunas, Lithuania) · 2024Observational
- Review
- Diagnostic Performance of Ultrasonography for Identification of Small Bowel Obstruction; a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2024Review
- Return of the Living Dead Gut - A Case Report of Ischemic Colitis Identified on Point of Care Ultrasound.POCUS journal · 2024Article
- Self-reported skills and self-confidence in point-of-care ultrasound: a cross-sectional nationwide survey amongst Finnish emergency physicians.BMC emergency medicine · 2023Article
- Gastrointestinal Ultrasound in Emergency Setting.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
- Ultrasonographic findings in patients with abdominal symptoms or trauma presenting to an emergency room in rural Tanzania.PloS one · 2022Observational
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasonography by Emergency Medicine Resident in Detecting Intestinal Obstruction; a Pilot Study.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Overview of point-of-care ultrasound in diagnosing intestinal obstruction.World journal of emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Point-of-care ultrasound in a pandemic: Practical guidance in COVID-19 units.World journal of critical care medicine · 2021Review
- Point of Care Ultrasound as a Diagnostic Tool to Detect Small Bowel Obstruction in the Emergency Department: A Case Report.Journal of education & teaching in emergency medicine · 2021Article
- Ultrasound of Small Bowel Obstruction: A Pictorial Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Review
- Ultrasound Signs in the Diagnosis and Staging of Small Bowel Obstruction.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2020Article
- False Elevation of Volume Determined by Bladder Scanner Secondary to Bowel Obstruction.Clinical practice and cases in emergency medicine · 2020Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasound in the Diagnosis of Small Bowel Obstruction.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Article
- Guidance for clinical practice using emergency and point-of-care ultrasonography.Acute medicine & surgeryReview
- Point-of-care ultrasound for the acute abdomen in the primary health care.Turkish journal of emergency medicineReview
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Authors and funding
4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
Funding
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Abstract
Radiological imaging plays an essential role in the evaluation of a patient with suspected small bowel obstruction (SBO). In a few studies, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) has been utilized as a primary imaging modality in patients with suspected SBO. POCUS has been shown to be an accurate tool in the diagnosis of SBO with multiple research studies noting a consistent high sensitivity with a range of 94-100% and specificity of 81-100%. Specific sonographic findings that increase the likelihood of SBO include dilatation of small bowel loops > 25 mm, altered intestinal peristalsis, increased thickness of the bowel wall, and intraperitoneal fluid accumulation. Studies also reported that emergency physicians could apply this technique with limited and short-term ultrasound training. In this article, we aim to review the sensitivity and specificity of ultrasound examinations performed by emergency physicians in patients with suspected SBO.
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