The Point-of-Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... dynamic). Identify pleural effusion and estimate for safety of bedside thoracentesis. Locate abdominal ascites in right upper quadrant, left upper quadrant, ...

Andrew Stanton offers insight into pleural procedures, standardised training need and improved ultrasound protocols to ...

EFFUSION into the general pleural cavity is a frequent manifestation ... There was pitting edema of the chest and abdominal walls as well as massive, pitting edema of the hips, scrotum, penis ...

One patient with a left sided pleural effusion (normal fluid amylase ... Two (7.1%) had severe abdominal pain due to exacerbation of pancreatitis which resolved with conservative treatment ...

Results Lung ultrasound enables diagnosis of pleural effusion, pneumonia, atelectasis, pulmonary contusion, pulmonary oedema and pneumothorax with high sensitivity and specificity. Sonographic ...

Background: Ascites and pleural effusion are well recognized complications of pancreatic diseases. Drug therapy of these is limited by high cost, prolonged hospitalization and failure rates ...