TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Chapter 10. Hepatobiliary
A1  - Lewiss, Resa E.
A1  - Theodoro, Daniel L.
A2  - Ma, O. John
A2  - Mateer, James R.
A2  - Reardon, Robert F.
A2  - Joing, Scott A.
PY  - 2014
T2  - Ma and Mateer's Emergency Ultrasound, 3e
AB  - Abdominal  pain  is  consistently  one  of  the  top  reasons  that  patients  present  to  the  ED.1  In  2009,  668970  ED  visits  resulted  in  a  diagnosis  of  gallbladder  or  bile  duct  pathology.  Overall,  39%  of  these  cases  required  admission  and  80%  were  diagnosed  with  acute  gallbladder  and  bile  duct-related  conditions  such  as  cholecystitis.  When  the  emergency  physician  diagnosed  gallstones  without  acute  inflammatory  conditions,  88%  of  cases  were  discharged  from  the  ED.2  Consequently,  emergency  physicians  who  can  effectively  perform  point-of-care  ultrasound  have  the  potential  to  efficiently  impact  the  care  of  patients  with  right  upper  quadrant  abdominal  pain.  
SN  - 
PB  - The McGraw-Hill Companies
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57791859
ER  -