Point of Care Ultrasound as a Diagnostic Tool to Detect Small Bowel Obstruction in the Emergency Department: A Case Report

Rebecca Nadelman, MD and Jesper Aurup, MD

doi:https://doi.org/10.21980/J8XD1G

Point of Care Ultrasound as a Diagnostic Tool to Detect Small Bowel Obstruction in the Emergency Department: A Case Report

Rebecca Nadelman, MD^* and Jesper Aurup, MD^*

^*Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Department of Emergency Medicine, New Brunswick, NJ

Correspondence should be addressed to Rebecca Nadelman, MD at rnadelman@gm.slc.edu

DOI: https://doi.org/10.21980/J8XD1G Issue 6:2

Abdominal/Gastroenterology Visual EM

No ratings yet.

ABSTRACT:

Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) in the Emergency Department (ED) is a rapidly evolving field and has improved time to diagnose and management. POCUS of the bowel is still a novel concept for many departments. However, there is a potential application for POCUS to augment or replace traditional diagnostic imaging of small bowel obstruction (SBO). This is a case of SBO detected on POCUS in just a few minutes, which raises the possibility of POCUS improving time to surgical consultation and ED disposition in the future.