405 fasts reviewed 100 included.
Paracolic gutter fluid ultrasound.
Left paracolic gutter inferior to spleen.
6 or 6 if you re a math whiz had isolated luq free fluid 86 5 of 6 had isolated splenic injury the other had renal lac liver lac and ivc injury.
4 in paracolic gutter.
In thin patients relatively small volume of fluid can be found.
Providers can use ultrasound to detect peritoneal free fluid and guide procedures like paracentesis.
Although ultrasound is sensitive to detect small amounts of peritoneal free fluid it cannot accurately differentiate types of peritoneal free fluid.
Between the outer wall of the colon and back side of the abdominal wall there is an open space known as the paracolic gutter.
32 had free fluid in luq.
Clear fluid without internal echoes is likely to be reactive.
Collections of peritoneal free fluid appear black or anechoic on ultrasound imaging.
Etiologically it means a channel adjacent to the abdominal wall.