Table 8.
Case reports and series on abdominal non-radiologist US in paediatrics
| Author | Year | Country | Department | n | Age (years) | Organ | Diagnosis | Ultrasound performera |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hinds [45] | 2015 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 4 | Abdomen | Lymphangioma | EDP |
| Dingman [46] | 2007 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 4 | Aorta | Aortic coarctation | Emergency medicine resident |
| Baumann [47] | 2008 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 0 | Bladder | Bladder volume | Nurse |
| Elsamra [48] | 2011 | USA | Urology | 2 | 14–17 | Bladder | Ovarian cyst | – |
| Ng [49] | 2015 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 3 | Bladder | Urolithiasis | EDP |
| Chandra [50] | 2015 | USA | Emergency | 8 | 5–17 | Bladder | Urolithiasis | Paediatric EDP |
| Stone [51] | 2010 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 6 | Bowel | Appendicitis | EDP |
| Halm [52] | 2010 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 15 | Bowel | Appendicitis | Paediatric EDP |
| Lavine [53] | 2014 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 8 | Bowel | Appendicitis | EDP |
| Ravichandran [54] | 2016 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 3 | Bowel | Appendicitis | EDP |
| Pade [55] | 2018 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 5 | Bowel | Appendicitis | Paediatric emergency medicine fellow |
| Horowitz [56] | 2016 | USA | Emergency | 3 | 2–4 | Bowel | Foreign body | EDP |
| Leibovich [57] | 2015 | USA | Emergency | 2 | 2–13 | Bowel | Foreign body | – |
| Ramgopal [58] | 2017 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 0 | Bowel | Free fluid | Paediatric EDP |
| Alfonzo [59] | 2017 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 0 | Bowel | Hernia | – |
| Kairam [60] | 2009 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 0 | Bowel | Intussusception | EDP |
| Alletag [61] | 2011 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 0 | Bowel | Intussusception | Paediatric emergency medicine fellow |
| Halm [62] | 2013 | UK | Emergency | 1 | 2 | Bowel | Intussusception | EDP |
| Ramsey [63] | 2014 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 4 | Bowel | Intussusception | Paediatric emergency medicine fellow |
| Nelson [5] | 2014 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 6 | Bowel | Intussusception | EDP |
| Doniger [64] | 2016 | USA | Emergency | 2 | 0–2 | Bowel | Intussusception | Paediatric EDP |
| Sharma [65] | 2019 | Canada | Emergency | 2 | 0 | Bowel | Intussusception | Paediatric emergency medicine fellow |
| Garcia [66] | 2019 | USA | Emergency | 5 | 0–9 | Bowel | Malrotation/volvulus | Paediatric EDP |
| Kornblith [67] | 2016 | USA | Emergency | 2 | 3–15 | Bowel | Meckel diverticulitis | EDP |
| Brazg [68] | 2016 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 5 | Bowel | Omental torsion | EDP |
| James [69] | 2016 | Canada | Emergency | 5 | 5–14 | Bowel | Small-bowel obstruction | EDP |
| Sivitz [70] | 2013 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 0 | Bowel | Volvulus | Paediatric EDP |
| Tsung [71] | 2010 | USA | Emergency | 13 | 1–15 | Gallbladder | Cholecystitis | – |
| Shihabuddin [72] | 2013 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 10 | Gallbladder | Cholecystitis | Paediatric EDP |
| Damman [73] | 2016 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 0 | Gallbladder | Cholelithiasis | – |
| Gilmore [74] | 2004 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 0 | Kidney | Hydronephrosis | EDP |
| Hall [75] | 2011 | UK | Emergency | 1 | 13 | Kidney | Hydronephrosis | EDP |
| Schecter [76] | 2012 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 7 | Kidney | Hydronephrosis | – |
| Dunlop [77] | 2014 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 9 | Kidney | Renal carcinoma | – |
| Garcia [78] | 2019 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 7 | Kidney | Stent displacement | Paediatric EDP |
| Ginger [79] | 2009 | USA | Urology | 8 | 0–17 | Kidney | Stent placement | Urologists |
| Jamjoom [80] | 2015 | Canada | Emergency | 4 | 0–11 | Liver | Neuroblastoma | EDP |
| Pe [81] | 2016 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 13 | Ovary | cystic adenoma | EDP |
| Johnson [82] | 2006 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 15 | Ovary | Ovarian torsion | EDP |
| Pershad [83] | 2002 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 10 | Spleen | Splenic rupture | EDP |
| Parekh [84] | 2018 | USA | Anaesthesiology | 3 | 0–3 | Stomach | Empty stomach | Anaesthesiologist |
| Myatt [85] | 2018 | USA | Emergency | 3 | 2–12 | Stomach | Gastric tube placement | EDP |
| Malcolm [86] | 2009 | USA | Emergency | 8 | 0 | Stomach | Pylorus hypertrophy | EDP |
| Pershad [87] | 2000 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 16 | Trauma | Free fluid | EDP |
| Gallagher [88] | 2012 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 3 | Trauma | Free fluid | EDP |
| Root [89] | 2018 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 17 | Trauma | Free fluid | Paediatric EDP |
| Godambe [90] | 2007 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 8 | Trauma | Hydronephrosis | EDP |
| Neville [91] | 2017 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 16 | Trauma | Splenic rupture and liver laceration | Paediatric emergency medicine fellow |
| Fischer [92] | 2014 | Canada | Emergency | 1 | 12 | Uterus | Haematocolpometra | Paediatric EDP |
| Gross [93] | 2017 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 11 | Vagina | Foreign body | EDP |
| Lahham [94] | 2016 | USA | Emergency | 1 | 16 | Vena cava | Thrombus | EDP |
EDP emergency department physician
– indicates not reported, and no radiologist as co-author