TY - JOUR T1 - The whirlpool sign: midgut volvulus JF - Emergency Medicine Journal JO - Emerg Med J SP - 1015 LP - 1015 DO - 10.1136/emermed-2013-203493 VL - 31 IS - 12 AU - Haijiang Zhou AU - Yong Yan AU - Chunsheng Li Y1 - 2014/12/01 UR - http://emj.bmj.com/content/31/12/1015.abstract N2 - An 81-year-old man presented to the emergency department of Beijing Chao-yang Hospital with a history of nausea, vomiting and sharp intermittent epigastric pain for 6 h. He had diffuse abdominal distension, tenderness and rebound tenderness in his epigastric region. Bowel sounds were hyperactive. He also complained that the abdominal pain became progressively aggravated. He denied operation history. … ER -