title: Clinician-performed abdominal sonography.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Point-of-care ultrasonography is increasingly utilized across a wide variety of physician specialties. This imaging modality can be used to evaluate patients rapidly and accurately for a wide variety of pathologic conditions.
  
  
  METHODS
  A literature search was performed for articles focused on clinician-performed ultrasonography for the diagnosis of appendicitis, gallbladder disease, small bowel obstruction, intussusception, and several types of renal pathology. The findings of this search were summarized including the imaging techniques utilized in these studies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clinician performed point-of-care sonography is particularly well suited to abdominal applications. Future investigations may further confirm and extend its utility at the bedside.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 11219, USA. EDickman@maimonidesmed.org.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dickman
authors.affiliation: Division of Paediatric Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, M5G1X8, Canada.
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Tessaro
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 11219, USA.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Arroyo
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 11219, USA.
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Haines
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Maimonides Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY, 11219, USA.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Marshall
mesh_terms: D015510:Clinical Medicine / Q000379:methods*; D004066:Digestive System Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007674:Kidney Diseases / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D014463:Ultrasonography
keywords: Appendicitis; Cholecystitis; Intussusception; Point-of-care ultrasonography; Renal colic; Small bowel obstruction