Use of imaging techniques in asymptomatic cocaine body packers

Report By: Ghulam Mustafa - Staff Grade Emergency Medicine
Institution: Kings Mill Hospital
Date Submitted: 11th March 2004
Last Modified: 22nd August 2007
Status: Red (incomplete)

Three Part Question

In [asymptomatic patients who have swallowed packets of cocaine and have a negative plain radiograph] is [an ultrasound scan or a CT scan] the next step in management [preventing the morbidity and mortality associated with body packers]