Abstract
Background Abdominal pain is a common symptom in the ER, covering 10% of the assists. The delay in diagnosis and treatment adversely affects the patient’s prognosis.Transabdominal ultrasonography is most commonly used to obtain images of hepatobiliary, urogenital, and pelvic structures. However, improvements in ultrasound technology and increasing familiarity with ultrasonographic findings in a variety of gastrointestinal disorders, as Crohn’s disease (CD), are broadening its applications, and it is an aspect to be considered by EP in patients with recurrent abdominal pain.
Highlights
Abdominal pain is a common symptom in the ER, covering 10% of the assists
Improvements in ultrasound technology and increasing familiarity with ultrasonographic findings in a variety of gastrointestinal disorders, as Crohn’s disease (CD), are broadening its applications, and it is an aspect to be considered by EP in patients with recurrent abdominal pain
Objective we present a case of CD, diagnosed at ER, through the use of US scanning used by EP
Summary
Abdominal pain is a common symptom in the ER, covering 10% of the assists. The delay in diagnosis and treatment adversely affects the patient’s prognosis.Transabdominal ultrasonography is most commonly used to obtain images of hepatobiliary, urogenital, and pelvic structures. New possibilities of ultrasound in the emergency physician’s hands to a young patient with abdominal pain From 10th WINFOCUS World Congress on Ultrasound in Emergency and Critical Care Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Background Abdominal pain is a common symptom in the ER, covering 10% of the assists.
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