Ultrasound scanning by emergency physicians in jaundice patient
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Ultrasound scanning by emergency physicians in jaundice patient
Results On arrival had malaise, was hypotensive, febrile, tachycardic and universal jaundice. The analyzes highlighted a bilirubin of 9.52 at the expense of direct fraction (8.60 mg / dl), and 22.500 leukocytes with neutrophilia. She underwent a bedside abdominal ultrasound where we found a central hyperechoic endoprosthetic image with acoustic shadowing, compatible with biliary litiasis. The p...
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عنوان ژورنال: Critical Ultrasound Journal
سال: 2015
ISSN: 2036-7902
DOI: 10.1186/2036-7902-7-s1-a18