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Case Reports
Utility of point-of-care ultrasound in patients with suspected diverticulitis in the emergency department.
- Hamid Shokoohi, Sigrid Nasser, Matthew Pyle, James P Earls, Andrew Liteplo, and Keith Boniface.
- Department of Emergency Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School-Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- J Clin Ultrasound. 2020 Jul 1; 48 (6): 337-342.
AbstractIn emergency department (ED) cases with clinically suspected diverticulitis, diagnostic imaging is often needed for diagnostic confirmation, to exclude complications, and to direct patient management. Patients typically undergo a CT scan in the ED; however, in a subset of cases with suspected diverticulitis, point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) may provide sufficient data to confirm the diagnosis and ascertain a safe plan for outpatient management.We review the main sonographic features of diverticulitis and discuss the diagnostic accuracy and potential benefits of a POCUS First model.© 2020 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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