Best Practice Case Studies-LUQ FAST

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Kathy Bidlock, an associate professor at Rocky Vista University, discusses the left upper quadrant view of the Focused Assessment with Sonography for Trauma (FAST) exam. This view, important for cases like renal laceration, involves placing a phased array transducer in the posterior axillary line at the eighth intercostal space. The exam focuses on identifying fluid around the spleen, kidney, and diaphragm areas. Fluid commonly appears in the parasplenic space due to the splenorenal ligament. Practitioners should be aware of potential mirror artifacts caused by the diaphragm. Emergent treatment is advised when fluid is detected.

Meta Tag

Concept FAST Ultrasound

Concept Left upper quadrant

Concept Free Fluid

Concept Positive FAST finding

Concept Spleen

Edition 3rd Edition

Related Case 3rd Edition, CASE 56

Topic Uro-Genital

Keywords

3rd Edition, CASE 56

3rd Edition

Uro-Genital

FAST exam

left upper quadrant

renal laceration

phased array transducer

splenorenal ligament

FAST Ultrasound

Free Fluid

Positive FAST finding

Spleen