Author: Marie-Clare Harris / Editor: Janet Skinner / Reviewer: Raja Shahid Ali, Amanda King / Codes: SLO2, SLO3, SuC16, SuC4, SuP1, SuP2, SuP3 / Published: 09/06/2020 / Reviewed: 06/09/2025
An 82-year-old nursing home resident is brought into the emergency department (ED) with abdominal distension and a 2 day history of constipation.
You arrange an abdominal radiograph.
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brief and to the point
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Concise teaching X-ray
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Concise and straight to the point
Good pic and explanation
Thanks for this brief but often encountered ED case
very useful
An important presentation in ed in elderly patients.
Interesting Subject and very nice related staff.
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