Appendicolith and Appendicitis on POCUS

Linear high frequency transducer, viewing an inflamed appendix in sax, with fecolith & "hot fat". 
Core criteria for appendicitis: >6mm, noncompressible, blind-ended & no peristalsis. 25-30% have fecolith; Most TTP with transducer, wall edema, & hot fat (bonus findings!).

Dr. Meghan Herbst @EUSmkh

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Meghan Kelly Herbst, MD @eusmkh · 2 years ago
UCONN Associate Professor in Emergency Medicine. Ultrasound Fellowship Yale 2011. Family, patients, education, running = my life. https://twitter.com/EUSmkh | https://www.instagram.com/eus_mkh/
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