This week's Topic: Small Bowel Obstruction & Pneumoperitoneum.
Please take advantage of this week's Extras section as there are multiple article breakdowns and podcasts to supplement the reading.
Zoom Link:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87139692746?pwd=ymNNZxqKcF5PBSasVNumSH0ExQqEoZ.1
Meeting ID: 871 3969 2746
Passcode: 12345
Articles for Discussion are listed below with the PDFs attached to this email.
Extra Content can be found below in the green text for anyone wanting to dive into the topic further.
Article 1
Accuracy of Abdominal Ultrasound for the Diagnosis of Small Bowel Obstruction in the ED – World Journal of Emergency Medicine
Article 2
Utilization of Ultrasound for the Evaluation of Small Bowel Obstruction: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis – American Journal of Emergency Medicine
Article 3
A Prospective, Multicenter Evaluation of Point-of-Care Ultrasound for Small Bowel-Obstruction in the ED – Academic Emergency Medicine
Article 4
The Use of Ceus Software with No Contrast Media Administration in the Diagnosis of Pneumoperitoneum– Diagnostics (2022)
Fellows and rotators please supplement reading with Ma and Mateers EM US Chapter 14 (Gastrointestinal and Abdominal Wall)
****EXTRAS ****
Ultrasound GEL: Breakdown of Article 1 with Podcast
Ultrasound GEL: Breakdown of Article 3 with Podcast
Ultrasound GEL: Breakdown of Article 4 with Podcast
Core Ultrasound: Small Bowel Obstruction (Jacob Avila)
ALiEM: SBO Diagnosis by US
emDOCs: SBO
http://www.emdocs.net/us-probe-ultrasound-for-small-bowel-obstruction/
Article-2-SBO_met_AMJEM_2018-2.pdf
Article-3-A-Prospective-Multicenter-Evaluation-ofPoint-of-care-Ultrasound-for-Small-bowelObstruction-in-the-Emergency-Department-2-2.pdf
Article-1-Accuracy-of-abdominal-ultrasound-for-the-diagnosis-of-small-bowel-obstruction-in-the-emergency-department-2-3-2.pdf
Article-4_The-Use-of-Ceus-Software-with-No-Contrast-Media-Administration-in-the-Dx-of-Pneumoperitoneum-2.pdf
Article-2-SBO_met_AMJEM_2018-2.pdf Article-3-A-Prospective-Multicenter-Evaluation-ofPoint-of-care-Ultrasound-for-Small-bowelObstruction-in-the-Emergency-Department-2-2.pdf Article-1-Accuracy-of-abdominal-ultrasound-for-the-diagnosis-of-small-bowel-obstruction-in-the-emergency-department-2-3-2.pdf Article-4_The-Use-of-Ceus-Software-with-No-Contrast-Media-Administration-in-the-Dx-of-Pneumoperitoneum-2.pdf