The Visualization of a Foreign Body in a Patient's Subglottic Region Using Point-of-Care Ultrasonography
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Nalan Kozaci1, Mustafa Avci1, Gul Ayhan1
1From the Departments of Emergency Medicine.
Pediatric Emergency Care
|August 20, 2019
Abstract:
Point-of-care ultrasonography is a real-time dynamic examination that is useful for evaluating the location of foreign bodies in a patient's gastrointestinal tract and soft tissue. In particular, it is useful for identifying radiolucent foreign bodies that are difficult to visualize using routine x-ray examinations. This case study describes the visualization of a radiolucent foreign body in a patient's subglottic region using point-of-care ultrasonography.

