ReviewDiagnostics (Basel, Switzerland)2021
Ultrasound of Small Bowel Obstruction: A Pictorial Review.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 29 citations in OpenAlex.
- When Minutes Matter: Point-of-Care Ultrasound Unmasking a Clinically Occult Hernia in a Toddler.Cureus · 2026Article
- Contrast enema in suspected post-NEC intestinal strictures without direct stenosis signs: a retrospective study of 191 surgically confirmed cases.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Echoes from Within: Mapping Gastrointestinal Obstruction with Ultrasound.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- 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
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- Point-of-Care Abdominal Ultrasonography (POCUS) on the Way to the Right and Rapid Diagnosis.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- The "Black Pattern", a Simplified Ultrasound Approach to Non-Traumatic Abdominal Emergencies.Tomography (Ann Arbor, Mich.) · 2022Article
- Overview of point-of-care ultrasound in diagnosing intestinal obstruction.World journal of emergency medicine · 2022Article
- Diagnostic Accuracy of Ultrasonography by Emergency Medicine Resident in Detecting Intestinal Obstruction; a Pilot Study.Archives of academic emergency medicine · 2022Article
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18 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Small bowel obstruction (SBO) is a common condition requiring urgent attention that may involve surgical treatment. Imaging is essential for the diagnosis and characterization of SBO because the clinical presentation and results of laboratory tests may be nonspecific. Ultrasound is an excellent initial imaging modality for assisting physicians in the rapid and accurate diagnosis of a variety of pathologies to expedite management. In the case of SBO diagnosis, ultrasound has an overall sensitivity of 92% (95% CI: 89-95%) and specificity of 93% (95% CI: 85-97%); the aim of this review is to examine the criteria for the diagnosis of SBO by ultrasound, which can be divided into diagnostic and staging criteria. The diagnostic criteria include the presence of dilated loops and abnormal peristalsis, while the staging criteria are represented by parietal and valvulae conniventes alterations and by the presence of free extraluminal fluid. Ultrasound has reasonably high accuracy compared to computed tomography (CT) scanning and may substantially decrease the time to diagnosis; moreover, ultrasound is also widely used in the monitoring and follow-up of patients undergoing conservative treatment, allowing the assessment of loop distension and the resumption of peristalsis.
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