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Abdominal X-Rays: What’s the Point?

Abdominal X-Rays: What’s the Point?

by emottawa | Aug 14, 2015 | Grand Round Summaries, Radiology

Undifferentiated abdominal pain; three words that give every Emergency Physician (EP) the shivers. Plain abdominal X-Ray’s (AXR) are a commonly ordered test in the Emergency Department (ED). Does the AXR play any role in the diagnostic workup of constipation? As CT...
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