The purpose of this study was to determine whether attending radiologist variation predicts major clinical outcomes in adult Emergency Department patients imaged with ultrasound for right upper quadrant pain. Methods: Consecutive ED patients imaged with ultrasound for RUQ pain from 10/8/2016 to 8/10/...
A 38 year-old female with a history of obesity and obstructive sleep apnea presents with right knee pain. She cannot identify a clear precipitant for her symptoms which she first noted 2 weeks ago. Her pain is worsened with ambulation and while previously tolerable, has grown more severe despi...
Differential Diagnosis Depending on the location and duration of the abdominal pain one can decide differential diagnosis. Right upper quadrant pain (RUQ) could be from: acute cholecystitis and biliary colic, acute hepatitis, hepatic abscess, hepatomegaly due to congestive heart failure, perforated duo...
Free Essays from Bartleby | Differential Diagnosis Depending on the location and duration of the abdominal pain one can decide differential diagnosis. Right...
Pneumobilia: Hepatic Gas Applied Pediatric Foreign Body Ingestion Acute Urinary Retention Hypotension Pediatric Emergencies Portal Venous Gas Abdominal Pain Ectopic Pregnancy Volvulus Alcoholic Hepatitis Elevated Hemidiaphragm Nausea and Vomiting Small Bowel Obstruction ...
MS Pain Patterns Liver- location: mid-epigastric and RUQ- referral: inter scapular region (T7-10), sub scapular region, right shoulder, upper trap- pain description: diffuse, constant, dull ache- pain intensity: mild-moderate- aggravating factors: exercise, alcohol/drug useGallbladder- location...
Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas and involves activation of proteolytic enzymes that may progress to haemorrhagic necrosis of the pancreatic parenchyma
A 43-year-old female with a history of hypertension, diabetes and obesity presents with right-upper quadrant abdominal pain for the past 1 week. The pain is characterized as burning, non-radiating, intermittent (with episodes lasting 10-30 minutes), resolving spontaneously and without apparent pro...
Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Right Upper Quadrant Abdominal Pain The diagnosis is unlikely to be made based on laboratory tests alone 1. However, the addition of bedside ultrasound, particularly for the evaluation of gallbladder pathology, is both rapid and reliable 2-8. The algorithm below pr...