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Will rapid abdominal ultrasound help you to decide whether to take a colic to surgery?

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R.J. Naylor

In: BEVA - Annual Congress - Birmingham, 2014 by British Equine Veterinary Association
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SEP 13, 2014
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Background

Rapid abdominal ultrasonography is frequently used in the evaluation of human trauma patients to determine the need for exploratory laparotomy. Over the last 2 decades it has been applied to the preliminary assessment of the horse with acute abdominal pain where the initial objective is to differentiate surgical from nonsurgical lesions. Targeted examination techniques have been described that evaluate intestinal motility, wall thickness and luminal contents, the volume of pleural and peritoneal fluid, size of the stomach and the ability to visualise the left kidney.

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Medline was searched using the following terms: 1. Equine colic AND ultrasound AND surgery 2. Equine colic AND ultrasound AND diagnosis Studies that investigated the diagnostic accuracy of abdominal ultrasonography in horses with colic were critically evaluated.  […]

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Equine Referral Hospital, Royal Veterinary College, Hawkshead Lane, North Mymms, Hertfordshire, AL9 7TA, UK

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