Bedside Ultrasound Identification of Infectious Flexor Tenosynovitis in the Emergency Department

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" Bedside Ultrasound Identification of Infectious Flexor Tenosynovitis in the Emergency Department "
Padrez, Kevin; Bress, Jennifer; Johnson, Brian; Nagdev, Arun

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	933595
Doc. No	:	LA2935f945
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Padrez, Kevin; Bress, Jennifer; Johnson, Brian; Nagdev, Arun
Title & Author	:	Bedside Ultrasound Identification of Infectious Flexor Tenosynovitis in the Emergency Department [Article]\ Padrez, Kevin; Bress, Jennifer; Johnson, Brian; Nagdev, Arun
Title of Periodical	:	Western Journal of Emergency Medicine: Integrating Emergency Care with Population Health
Volume/ Issue Number	:	16/2
Date	:	2015
Abstract	:	Infectious flexor tenosynovitis (FTS) is a serious infection of the hand and wrist that can lead tonecrosis and amputation without prompt diagnosis and surgical debridement. Despite the growinguse of point-of-care ultrasound (POCUS) by emergency physicians there is only one reported caseof the use of POCUS for the diagnosis of infectious FTS in the emergency department setting.We present a case of a 58 year-old man where POCUS identified tissue necrosis and fluid alongthe flexor tendon sheath of the hand. Subsequent surgical pathology confirmed the diagnosis ofinfectious FTS. [West J Emerg Med. 2015;16(2):260–262.]