Emergency Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Retained Soft Tissue Foreign Bodies in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2017 Jun;33(6):434-436. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001158.

Abstract

The presence of a foreign body (FB), its depth and size, is often indeterminate by clinical examination. Conventional imaging such as a radiograph can fail to visualize soft tissue FBs. We present 2 cases where point-of-care ultrasound was used to detect previously unidentified FBs.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / administration & dosage
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use
  • Child
  • Emergency Service, Hospital / standards*
  • Female
  • Foreign Bodies / complications
  • Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
  • Foreign Bodies / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Point-of-Care Systems / statistics & numerical data*
  • Radiography
  • Soft Tissue Injuries / diagnostic imaging*
  • Ultrasonography / methods*
  • Wound Infection / diagnosis*
  • Wound Infection / drug therapy
  • Wound Infection / etiology

Substances

  • Anti-Bacterial Agents