Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Evaluate the Acute Abdomen: A Case of Bowel Perforation After Unknown Single Magnet Ingestion. Issue 2 (10th February 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Malik, Rabia; Leviter, Julie; Gross, Isabel; Saluja, Saurabh; Cowles, Robert A.; Riera, Antonio
• Editors: Deanehan, J. Kate
• Is Part Of: Pediatric emergency care. Volume 38:Issue 2(2022)
• Page Start: e1022
• Page End: e1024
• Publication Date: 2022-02-10
• Subjects: POCUS -- acute abdomen -- acute abdomen with shock -- RUSH -- HIPP -- pediatric RUSH -- pediatric RUSH protocol -- ruptured viscous on POCUS -- foreign body ingestion -- magnet ingestion -- single magnet ingestion; Pediatric emergencies -- Periodicals; 618.92002505
• DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000002460
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0749-5161

Abstract

Abstract : Supplemental digital content is available in the text. Abstract: We report the case of a 3-year-old boy who presented to the pediatric emergency department in undifferentiated shock with an acute abdomen. Point-of-care ultrasound revealed viscous perforation with a large amount of free fluid. Intraoperatively, a single magnet was discovered as the likely cause of bowel perforation and the resulting state of shock.