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Table 4 Pathology on AXR if no follow up imaging

From: The utility of the abdominal series in the emergency setting: a retrospective review

SBO/Ileus

19

11.0%

Stool

71

41.3%

Nonspecific bowel gas pattern

59

34.3%

Nonspecific comments such as “Unchanged”, “Pathology seen”, etc

8

4.7%

Foreign Body

3

1.7%

Gastric distension

2

1.1%

Mass or opacity

2

1.1%

Extra abdominal comments such as “Consolidation”, “osteoarthritis”

2

1.1%

Nephrolithiasis

2

1.1%

Cholelithiasis

1

0.6%

Hernia

1

0.6%

Volvulus

1

0.6%

Diverticulitis

1

0.6%