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ArticleCureus2021

Abnormal Bedside Ultrasound Findings in a Complex Patient With Kawasaki Disease.

Dipal Shah, Helene Koumans, Kimberly Johnson, Leoh N Leon, Latha Ganti

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Dipal ShahEmergency Medicine, Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, USA.
Helene KoumansEmergency Medicine, Brown University, Providence, USA.
Kimberly JohnsonEmergency Medicine, Ocala Regional Medical Center, Ocala, USA.
Leoh N LeonEmergency Medicine, Osceola Regional Medical Center, Orlando, USA.
Latha GantiEmergency Medicine, Envision Physician Services, Plantation, USA.
Regional Medical Center · USBrown University · USUniversity of Central Florida · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We herein report a case of an 18-year-old female with Kawasaki disease who presented to the emergency department with epigastric abdominal pain and was subsequently found to have free fluid present in her abdomen visualized on bedside Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) exam. Kawasaki disease is an acute vasculitis syndrome that primarily affects children and can have serious complications such as coronary artery aneurysms. The use of ultrasound in emergency departments is rapidly increasing, with the FAST being one of the most commonly performed bedside ultrasound examinations. FAST exams are most commonly performed in trauma patients as well as being part of the Advanced Trauma Life Support (ATLS) protocol. However, this case demonstrated that the FAST exam can also have application in other clinical scenarios and patient presentations where there is clinical suspicion of free intra-abdominal fluid.

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abdominal painepigastric painfocused assessment with sonography for traumakawasaki diseasepocus (point of care ultrasound

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PMID34527495
PMCPMC8433047
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