July 3, 2024

Does Emergency Department point-of-care ultrasound in the evaluation of possible small bowel obstruction lead to meaningful improvements in patient-centric milestones?

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Point-of-care ultrasound fails to expedite clinical milestones in suspected small bowel obstruction and correlates with prolonged emergency department disposition times.
Emergency disposition required 475.5 minutes with point-of-care ultrasound compared to 377 minutes with computed tomography alone, producing a significant operational delay.
Analysis of records from 11,801 emergency visits highlights that physicians consistently await computed tomography confirmation before nasogastric tube placement or consultation.

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Multicenter analysis finds delayed disposition without expedited care milestones in emergency small bowel obstruction, indicating persistent clinical reliance on computed tomography.

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Chen et al. (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68e61918b6db6435875abc6c https://doi.org/10.1101/2024.07.01.24309689

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Multicenter analysis finds delayed disposition without expedited care milestones in emergency small bowel obstruction, indicating persistent clinical reliance on computed tomography.

Does Emergency Department point-of-care ultrasound in the evaluation of possible small bowel obstruction lead to meaningful improvements in patient-centric milestones?

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Does Emergency Department point-of-care ultrasound in the evaluation of possible small bowel obstruction lead to meaningful improvements in patient-centric milestones?

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