Guidelines For Professional Working Standards Ultrasound Practice

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3.3 General Medical <strong>Ultrasound</strong> It may be useful to have a standardised reporting format for normal abdominal scans which includes all the organs routinely examined and which is acceptable to the imaging department and referring clinicians. Several formats may be required according to the reason for referral in order to answer the relevant clinical question(s). An example of a simple to read ‘factual’ abdominal ultrasound report is given below: Technique: Patient fasted. Transabdominal. Findings: Liver: Nodular appearance consistent with cirrhosis. No focal lesion. Portal vein patent with forward flow. Spleen: Enlarged - 17cm (Normal
Referral for bleeding varices Shrunken nodular liver. Enlarged spleen (16 cm) with varices around the hilum. Reverse flow is present in the portal vein and there is increased intra hepatic arterial flow. Patent right and middle hepatic veins - left technically difficult to demonstrate. Patent paraumbilical vein is noted. Gross ascites is present. Conclusion: ultrasound appearances are compatible with advanced liver disease with portal hypertension. Referral for Contrast Enhanced <strong>Ultrasound</strong> The sonographer should ensure that the report describes: - • the behaviour of the lesion(s) in the arterial, portal and late phases • if the behaviour is benign or malignant and if possible conclude with the nature of the lesion e.g. haemangioma • cases where characterisation of small lesions (
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Page 30 and 31: 2.4 Guidelines Relevant To Musculo-
Page 32 and 33: Table 6 provides a list of examples
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Page 36 and 37: • Fetal Anomaly Screening In keep
Page 38 and 39: TABLE 10 Additional Structures Exam
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Page 42 and 43: 2.7 Guidelines Relevant To The Ultr
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Page 60 and 61: 3.8 Superficial Ultrasound Thyroid
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Page 64 and 65: 4.2 Acquisition, Archiving And Use
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Page 72 and 73: FETAL ANOMALY EXAMINATION WORKSHEET
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