title: Accuracy of bedside emergency physician performed ultrasound in diagnosing different causes of acute abdominal pain: a prospective study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Abdominal pain is a common complaint in the emergency department and accurate diagnosis of its etiology may affect the patient's outcome.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients with abdominal pain underwent ultrasound study first by trained emergency physicians and then by radiologists blinded to emergency physician's results.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Emergency physician who performed bedside ultrasound had 78% diagnostic accuracy. Emergency physicians showed better results in diagnosing some entities (abdominal aortic aneurysm and renal stones) than the others (acute appendicitis, cholelithiasis, and cholecystitis).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Bedside ultrasound can accurately identify the etiology of acute nontraumatic abdominal pain in the hands of emergency physicians.
authors: Emergency Department, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS).
authors: Seyyed Abbas
authors: SA
authors: Hasani
authors: Emergency Department, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS). Electronic address: marziehfathi@yahoo.com.
authors: Marzieh
authors: M
authors: Fathi
authors: Emergency Department, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS).
authors: Marzieh
authors: M
authors: Daadpey
authors: Emergency Department, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS).
authors: Mohammad Amin
authors: MA
authors: Zare
authors: Emergency Department, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS).
authors: Nader
authors: N
authors: Tavakoli
authors: Emergency Department, Iran University of Medical Sciences (IUMS).
authors: Saeed
authors: S
authors: Abbasi
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D000208:Acute Disease; D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D017544:Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002648:Child; D002769:Cholelithiasis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007669:Kidney Calculi / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D011446:Prospective Studies; D014463:Ultrasonography; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Abdominal pain; Accuracy; Emergency physician performed ultrasound; Etiology