TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Ultrasound-Guided Foreign Body Identification and Removal A1 - Morrison, Daniel S. A1 - Shah, Chirag N. A2 - Reichman, Eric F. Y1 - 2018 N1 - T2 - Reichman's Emergency Medicine Procedures, 3e AB - Retained foreign bodies are associated with up to 1.9% of wounds.1The presence of a foreign body in a wound increases the incidence of a wound infection.2 Retained foreign bodies are a major cause of litigation against Emergency Physicians.3,4 A high index of suspicion for a retained foreign body must be maintained whenever there is the potential for a foreign body in a wound.5-7 This chapter focuses on the identification and removal of subcutaneous foreign bodies using bedside Emergency Department ultrasound (US). SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accessemergencymedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1159803066 ER -