Ultrasound

Ultrasound principles, FAST, and lung, cardiac and venous point-of-care scanning.

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Reading

• Compression ultrasound for deep vein thrombosisA normal vein squashes flat when pressed with the probe; a vein full of clot does not
• Focused cardiac ultrasound: effusion, function and the IVCA quick bedside heart scan that answers simple questions: fluid around the heart, how well it…
• The FAST and eFAST exam in traumaA quick bedside scan in trauma that looks for blood in the belly, around the heart and, in…

Finding

• Kidney and bladder ultrasound: hydronephrosis and residual volumeSound waves show whether urine is backing up into a swollen kidney and how much urine stays in…
• Lung ultrasound: A-lines, B-lines and lung slidingLung ultrasound reads patterns of artefacts at the pleura to tell normal lung from air leak…
• Thyroid nodules on ultrasoundAn ultrasound of the neck shows what a thyroid lump is made of and its shape, which tells…

Modality

• Ultrasound: echogenicity, probes, Doppler and artefactsUltrasound sends sound into the body and listens for echoes, building a live picture without…

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Educational content; it does not replace a radiologist's report and is not a clinical instruction. Each study is ordered on the patient's assessment and your institution's protocols.

Representative model, for educational purposes only.