Procedural Sedation for the removal of a rectal foreign body

• Main Authors: John Costumbrado, MD, MPH (Author), Valerie Lew, BS (Author), David Wagner, MD (Author)
• Formato: Libro
• Publicado: eScholarship Publishing, University of California, 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
• Acceso en liña: Connect to this object online.

History of present illness: A 40-year-old male with a history of intravenous drug use presented to the emergency department (ED) for one week of constant lower abdominal pain associated with bloody stool. He denied fever, nausea, vomiting, urinary symptoms, and testicular pain or swelling. On exam,...