Point-of-care ultrasound as the first imaging strategy in young infants aged under 90 days presenting with gastrointestinal manifestations at the emergency department.

ABSTRACT: This study compared the emergency department (ED) flow of young infants under 90 days old presenting with gastrointestinal symptoms who underwent point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) versus X-ray (XR) as their primary imaging test. The study retrospectively enrolled infants under 90 days old with gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms who visited a tertiary university-affiliated hospital ED from January 2019 to September 2022. The patients were divided into 2 groups based on whether they received XR or POCUS as their first imaging test. Out of 440 patients, 352 (80%) were enrolled in the XR-first group and 88 (20%) in the POCUS-first group. No significant differences exist in demographics, clinical characteristics, or the prevalence of surgical abdomen between the groups. The time-to-disposition and E

SUBMITTER: Chun MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11688003 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature