An [illustrative] update on pediatric emergency medicine ultrasound: part 2 – abdominal and urogenital applications

Yi Dong, Beatrice Hoffmann, Simone Schwarz, Nasenien Nourkami-Tutdibi, Yun-Lin Huang, Sheng Chen, Andrius Cekuolis, Rasa Augustiniene, Peter J Snelling, Dagmar Schreiber-Dietrich, Lara Grevelding, Christoph F Dietrich

Abstract


Emergency ultrasound, or point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS), has been established into daily patient care over the last decades. The use of abdominal and pelvic ultrasound in clinical practice has the potential to improve the efficiency and safety of pediatric emergency care. This article will provide a review of current applications of pediatric emergency abdominal and urogenital ultrasound, forming the second part of the series.


Keywords


pediatric emergency; acute abdomen; point of care; ultrasound

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DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.11152/mu-4414

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