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Do you ever use POCUS to evaluate for fecal impaction or stool burden in a patient with abdominal pain?

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Do you use POCUS to evaluate for fecal impaction or stool burden in a patient with abdominal pain?

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Hospital Medicine · Northwestern University
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I have used POCUS in the evaluation of abdominal pain suspected of being constipation. I generally find it easiest to assess this in the right upper quadrant near the gallbladder, where you can often get a decent view of the ascending/transverse colon. If there is significant stool in the colon at t...

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