Point-of-care ultrasound in the assessment of appendicitis

Emerg Med J. 2023 Jul;40(7):528-531. doi: 10.1136/emermed-2022-212433. Epub 2023 Jun 5.

Authors

Michael Jarvis Boyle¹, Margaret Lin-Martore², Sally Graglia³

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA michael.boyle@ucsf.edu.
² Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.
³ Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, USA.

PMID: 37277167
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2022-212433

No abstract available

Keywords: Ultrasonography; diagnosis; non-trauma; pediatric emergency medicine; ultrasonography.

MeSH terms

Appendicitis* / diagnostic imaging
Emergency Service, Hospital
Humans
Point-of-Care Systems*
Point-of-Care Testing
Ultrasonography