Abdominal Ultrasound Essentials
Ultrasound
The team at Medmastery are providing LITFL readers with a series of FOAMed courses from across their website.
Description
Abdominal complaints are very common; knowing how to perform an abdominal ultrasound examination is a great skill to have. This course will teach you how to image the upper abdominal organs, retroperitoneal space, and gastrointestinal tract. You’ll learn to identify common variants, detect and diagnose benign and malignant pathologies, and write an appropriate ultrasound report.
Course Details
62 Lessons
9 Quizzes
5.5 CME
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Course Highlights
Ultrasound of the appendix: Diagnosing appendicitis
Review of the strategies to ultrasound the appendix and help identify appendicitis with the help of ultrasound imaging.
In this video we explain how to perform standard ultrasound sections of the liver using the best sound windows, positioning your patient correctly for smoother imaging, and locating various components of the liver.
Liver Ultrasound: Detecting focal malignant lesions
We discuss the basic principles of liver ultrasound including the differentiation of malignant pathologies such as hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), cholangiocarcinoma and metastases.
Biliary system: Evaluation the gallbladder and cholecystitis
We demonstrate ultrasound examination of the biliary system with emphasis on the diagnosis of cholecystitis.
We explain the process of pancreatic ultrasound and shows you what to look for.
Pancreas: Diagnosing pancreatitis
We review strategies to ultrasound the pancreas and help identify pancreatitis with the help of ultrasound imaging.
Spleen: Evaluation of the spleen in trauma
We review strategies to ultrasound the spleen in trauma and help identify appendicitis with the help of ultrasound imaging.
We explain how to identify the left and right kidneys on an ultrasound display and know where they are in relation to other anatomical landmarks around them.
Renal ultrasound: Hydronephrosis
We explain how to identify a case of hydronephrosis from an ultrasound image of the kidneys.