ASSESSMENT OF THE USABILITY OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY BY EMERGENCY PHYSICIANS IN THE DIAGNOSIS OF ACUTE CHOLECYSTITIS

Katirci Y., Soyuduru M., Baspinar I., Yurdakul M. S., Demirtas E., Ramadan H., ...Daha Fazla

ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA, cilt.30, sa.2, ss.509-513, 2014 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 2
  • Basım Tarihi: 2014
  • Dergi Adı: ACTA MEDICA MEDITERRANEA
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.509-513
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: Emergency medicine, bedside ultrasonography, gallbladder, SONOGRAPHIC MURPHY SIGN, ABDOMINAL-PAIN, ULTRASOUND, GALLSTONES, ACCURACY
  • Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Background: Early diagnosis of acute stony cholecystitis allows rapid treatment and reduces mortality and morbidity. In this paper, we aimed to assess the competence of emergency medicine physicians in the ultrasonographic diagnosis of gallbladder pathologies in patients presenting at emergency departments with upper right quadrant pain.