Adult Small Bowel Obstruction
Taylor MR, Lalani N. Acad Emerg Med. 2013;20(6):528-44
Key Points:
Things that predict small bowel obstruction:
Abdominal distension (the best)
Abdominal pain
Abnormal bowel sounds
CT and Ultrasound both excellent for diagnosing obstruction
This review says that ultrasound is better
PMID: 23758299
Free Link: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/acem.12150/full
