Point-of-care ultrasound diagnosis of stump appendicitis in the emergency department

Point-of-care ultrasound diagnosis of stump appendicitis in the emergency department

© 2019, The Author(s). Background: Stump appendicitis (SA) is a rare entity in patients with a history of appendectomy and may result in missed or delayed diagnosis. We report a case of SA diagnosed by emergency department (ED) point-of-care ultrasound (PoCUS) in an elderly woman, thus expediting he...

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Main Authors: Apichaya Monsomboon, Bret P. Nelson, Phillip Andrus, James W. Tsung
Other Authors: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Format: Article
Published: 2020
Subjects:
Health Professions
Medicine
Online Access:https://repository.li.mahidol.ac.th/handle/123456789/50946
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Institution: Mahidol University

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