Emergency Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Diaphragmatic Hernia in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Marie Pier Desjardins; Kirstin D Weerdenburg; Jason W Fischer

doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000000924

Emergency Point-of-Care Ultrasound Diagnosis of Diaphragmatic Hernia in the Pediatric Emergency Department

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2016 Oct;32(10):685-687. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000924.

Authors

Marie Pier Desjardins¹, Kirstin D Weerdenburg, Jason W Fischer

Affiliation

¹ From the *Université de Montréal, CHU Sainte-Justine, Département pédiatrie, Secteur urgence, CHU Sainte-Justine University Hospital Centre, Montreal, Quebec; and †Division of Emergency Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 27749664
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000000924

Abstract

We present a case series of 2 patients who presented to a pediatric emergency department with history and symptoms suggestive of diaphragmatic hernia. Point-of-care ultrasound was used at the bedside to demonstrate the presence of bowel in the thorax and accurately guided the care of these children.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Emergency Service, Hospital
Female
Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital / diagnostic imaging*
Hernias, Diaphragmatic, Congenital / surgery
Humans
Infant, Newborn
Point-of-Care Systems*
Treatment Outcome
Ultrasonography / methods*