Pediatric Ultrasound Q&A
Speaker
Jim Tsung, MD
Professor, Pediatrics
Professor, Emergency Medicine
Mount Sinai
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Acute Abdominal Pain in a Child
Point-of-care ultrasound can be used to detect Meckel’s diverticulum as the underlying etiology of lower abdominal pain in pediatric patients. In the following case, bedside family-centered teaching and demonstration of the findings was a direct benefit of point-of-care ultrasound.