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    How useful are bowel sounds?

    Report By: Clare Lamont, Medical Student

    Search checked by: Katherine Potier de la Morandiere, Consultant in Emergency Medicine

    Institution: Department of Emergency Medicine, Manchester Royal Infirmary, UK

    Three part question

    In (young children with abdominal pain) do (bowel sounds) have (clinical utility in aiding the diagnosis).

    Clinical scenario

    A 3-year-old child comes into the Emergency Department complaining of tummy ache. As part of the abdominal examination you listen for bowel sounds. You wonder whether this will aid the …

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    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; not externally peer reviewed.

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