Guidelines For Professional Working Standards Ultrasound Practice
Guidelines For Professional Working Standards Ultrasound Practice
Guidelines For Professional Working Standards Ultrasound Practice
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3.3 General Medical <strong>Ultrasound</strong><br />
It may be useful to have a standardised reporting format for normal abdominal scans which includes all<br />
the organs routinely examined and which is acceptable to the imaging department and referring clinicians.<br />
Several formats may be required according to the reason for referral in order to answer the relevant clinical<br />
question(s).<br />
An example of a simple to read ‘factual’ abdominal ultrasound report is given below:<br />
Technique: Patient fasted. Transabdominal.<br />
Findings: Liver: Nodular appearance consistent with cirrhosis. No focal lesion. Portal vein patent with<br />
forward flow. Spleen: Enlarged - 17cm (Normal
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