405 fasts reviewed 100 included.
Paracolic gutter fluid ultrasound.
In thin patients relatively small volume of fluid can be found.
Left paracolic gutter inferior to spleen.
Etiologically it means a channel adjacent to the abdominal wall.
Clear fluid without internal echoes is likely to be reactive.
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.
Between the outer wall of the colon and back side of the abdominal wall there is an open space known as the paracolic gutter.
4 in paracolic gutter.
32 had free fluid in luq.
Collections of peritoneal free fluid appear black or anechoic on ultrasound imaging.
Providers can use ultrasound to detect peritoneal free fluid and guide procedures like paracentesis.
Ultrasound is variably sensitive depending on the size of the patient and the operator.