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Pediatric emergency care · Jun 2020
Case ReportsUsing Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Characterize Acute Inguinal Swelling of Young Children in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
- Nir Friedman, Michelle S Lee, Lianne Mclean, and Mark O Tessaro.
- From the Department of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
- Pediatr Emerg Care. 2020 Jun 1; 36 (6): 304-307.
AbstractAcute inguinal swelling in young children is frequently assumed to be an inguinal hernia, often prompting a bedside reduction attempt. We report 3 cases of inguinal swelling where the use of point-of-care ultrasound changed the patients' management by identifying an alternate diagnosis, thus avoiding unnecessary and painful procedures as well as their associated sedation risks.
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