• The diagnosis of pediatric emergencies is one of the challenging issues that confronts radiologists on a regular basis .Therefore, accurate and timely diagnosis is essential to determine the appropriate way of management. • Ultrasound has become the preferred imaging tool to evaluate surgical causes of acute abdominal pain. • Our study aimed to reappraise the role of ultrasound in evaluation of surgical causes of acute abdominal pain in pediatric patients by identification and differentiation between different pathologies. AIM OF THE WORK The main objective of this study is to emphasize the role of sonography in the diagnostic work-up of pediatric patients presenting with acute abdominal pain. PATIENTS This study was carried out on 30 patients below the age of 18 years with abdominal pain suspected to be due to an acute surgical abdominal disorder referred to the Radio-diagnosis Department at any of the following hospitals: Alexandria Main University Hospitals, Elshatby Hospital and Ministry Of Health Hospitals from November 2019 to November 2020.
Elghandour, E. (2021). REAPPRAISING ROLE OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN ASSESSMENT OF SURGICAL CAUSES OF ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. ALEXMED ePosters, 3(4), 8-9. doi: 10.21608/alexpo.2021.85466.1215
MLA
Esraa Morsi Elghandour. "REAPPRAISING ROLE OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN ASSESSMENT OF SURGICAL CAUSES OF ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS", ALEXMED ePosters, 3, 4, 2021, 8-9. doi: 10.21608/alexpo.2021.85466.1215
HARVARD
Elghandour, E. (2021). 'REAPPRAISING ROLE OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN ASSESSMENT OF SURGICAL CAUSES OF ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS', ALEXMED ePosters, 3(4), pp. 8-9. doi: 10.21608/alexpo.2021.85466.1215
VANCOUVER
Elghandour, E. REAPPRAISING ROLE OF ULTRASONOGRAPHY IN ASSESSMENT OF SURGICAL CAUSES OF ACUTE ABDOMINAL PAIN IN PEDIATRIC PATIENTS. ALEXMED ePosters, 2021; 3(4): 8-9. doi: 10.21608/alexpo.2021.85466.1215
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