Diagnosis of Ingested Foreign Body in the Stomach by Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Upright and Slightly Forward Tilting Position (Bowing Position)

Motoyoshi Yamamoto; Toru Koyama; Masahiro Agata; Kenjiro Ouchi; Takayuki Kotoku; Yuta Mizuno

doi:10.1097/PEC.0000000000001125

Diagnosis of Ingested Foreign Body in the Stomach by Point-of-Care Ultrasound in the Upright and Slightly Forward Tilting Position (Bowing Position)

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2017 May;33(5):365-366. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001125.

Authors

Motoyoshi Yamamoto¹, Toru Koyama, Masahiro Agata, Kenjiro Ouchi, Takayuki Kotoku, Yuta Mizuno

Affiliation

¹ From the Department of Emergency Medicine, Aizawa Hospital, Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan.

PMID: 28376070
DOI: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001125

Abstract

We report a case involving accidental ingestion of a marble that was detected by point-of-care ultrasonography of the abdomen with the patient in the upright and slightly forward tilting position, which we term the "bowing position." Using this position for abdominal ultrasonography may be more useful than the usual supine position for such patients.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Child, Preschool
Eating
Emergency Service, Hospital
Foreign Bodies / complications
Foreign Bodies / diagnostic imaging*
Foreign Bodies / pathology
Humans
Male
Point-of-Care Systems / standards
Point-of-Care Systems / statistics & numerical data*
Posture / physiology*
Radiography / methods
Stomach / diagnostic imaging*
Stomach / pathology
Ultrasonography / methods*