Appendicitis Diagnosed by Emergency Physician Performed Point-of-care Transvaginal Ultrasound: Case Series

Lower abdominal pain in females of reproductive age continues to be a diagnostic dilemma for the emergency physician (EP). Point-of-care ultrasound (US) allows for rapid, accurate, and safe evaluation of abdominal and pelvic pain in both the pregnant and non-pregnant patient. We present 3 cases of f...

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Published in:	Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
Main Authors:	Robert Bramante, Marek Radomski, Mathew Nelson, Christopher Raio
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	eScholarship Publishing, University of California 2013-09-01
Subjects:	point-of-care emergency medicine ultrasound appendicitis transvaginal medicine surgery
Online Access:	http://escholarship.org/uc/item/8kr7d083#