Research Article

Point of Care Ultrasound Accurately Distinguishes Inflammatory from Noninflammatory Disease in Patients Presenting with Abdominal Pain and Diarrhea

Table 1

Patient demographic and laboratory investigation data (change title).

(%)

Gender
 Male 19 (33)
 Female 39 (67)
Median age (years)32.8 (17.8–72.4)
Median CRP (mmL, range) ()3.4 (0.6–36.7)
Median time between POCUS and CRP (days)39.7 (0–127)
Median time from POCUS to endoscopy (days, range)30 (0–149)
Adequate POCUS exam quality56 (96.5)
TI intubation on endoscopy56 (96.6)

Only a subset had CRP measured that is the .