title: The Use of Point-of-Care Ultrasound to Evaluate for Intestinal Foreign Bodies in the Pediatric Emergency Department.
abstract: We present the use of point-of-care ultrasound to evaluate two patients with examinations concerning for appendicitis who were found to have multiple magnets ingested and subsequent bowel perforations. These cases illustrate the consequences of magnet ingestion as well as the application of point-of-care ultrasound for the identification of intestinal foreign bodies in children.
authors.affiliation: From the *Division of Emergency Medicine, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland, CA; and †Department of Emergency Medicine, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine, Division of Emergency Ultrasound, New York Methodist Hospital, Brooklyn, NY.
authors.forename: Sara
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leibovich
authors.forename: Stephanie J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Doniger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001064:Appendicitis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004064:Digestive System / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005260:Female; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D006801:Humans; D007416:Intestinal Perforation / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D059346:Magnets; D008297:Male; D019095:Point-of-Care Systems; D015898:Tomography Scanners, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods