Does Abdominal Auscultation Aid in the Diagnosis of Small Bowel Obstruction?

Date First Published:

February 24, 2022

Last Updated:

February 24, 2022

Report by:

Ian Jones, Emergency Medicine Resident (McMaster University)

Search checked by:

Ian Jones, McMaster University

Three-Part Question:

In [patients with abdominal pain] does [auscultation of bowel sounds] aid in [diagnosis of small bowel obstruction]?