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Gastric Rupture on Positive RUQ FAST Exam

Bike vs Car.  Bicyclist hits anterior torso on mailbox.
on Positive RUQ ... Source of fluid-Perforated ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #Liver #Trauma
Perforated Gastric Ulcer on Abdominal POCUS
Not all FASTs are simple. Take a look at this! There
Perforated Gastric ... FASTs are simple ... occult bleed due to trauma ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Positive FAST exam at the caudal liver edge

Ultrasound isn't as sensitive for solid organ injury, but
at the caudal liver ... POCUS is not sensitive ... Upper Quadrant (RUQ ... #positive #trauma ... #liver #caudal
Ruptured Hepatic Hyatid Cyst on RUQ Ultrasound

52-yo female with hypotension after blunt abdominal trauma from fall
Ultrasound 52 ... trauma from fall ... FAST exam-small ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... #Liver #Trauma
Positive FAST Exam Perihepatic Window

Multiple pts. with significant injuries from MVC. Young adult with femur fracture
FAST performed. ... Microsecond later hear ... POCUS-game changer ... #Ultrasound #RUQ ... #Trauma
Free Air on Abdominal POCUS - Enhanced Peritoneal Stripe Sign (EPSS)

50 year old female with LLQ
Sign (EPSS) 50 year ... anteriorly over the RUQ ... peritoneum and liver ... ie, intestinal/gastric ... #ultrasound #radiology
Complex Ascites on POCUS
62 yo F with rec dx colon CA s/p colectomy, liver cirrhosis w
s/p colectomy, liver ... care center for diagnostic ... +constipation, last ... POCUS performed ... #abdominal #abscess
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
long_brit) Case A 39-year-old ... chest x-ray was performed ... This post will focus ... consider intra-abdominal ... bleeding often from a liver