by EMOttawa | Jan 6, 2020 | Featured
Case 6 An 34-year-old female presents with vomiting for the past two weeks, and required analgesia for RUQ pain at triage. On your assessment, you note that the patient DOES have a positive sonographic Murphy’s sign. 1. Are there gallstones present? Yes...
by Haroun Zayed, Richard Hoang, Shankar Sethuraman | Mar 28, 2019 | Gastroenterology, Grand Round Summaries
Gallstone diseases are common and can lead to various intraabdominal emergencies. Gallstones are found in approximately 6% of men and 9% of women in the United States [1]. Epidemiological studies in Scandinavia reported even higher prevalence, finding 13-18% of men...