RT Book, Section
A1 Lewiss, Resa E.
A1 Theodoro, Daniel L.
A2 Ma, O. John
A2 Mateer, James R.
A2 Reardon, Robert F.
A2 Joing, Scott A.
SR Print(0)
ID 57791859
T1 Chapter 10. Hepatobiliary
T2 Ma and Mateer's Emergency Ultrasound, 3e
YR 2014
FD 2014
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-179215-8
LK accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=57791859
RD 2024/04/19
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.