Best Imaging Study by Quadrant

Question 1

If pain is here, use this imagining study. RUQ.

Answer 1

Ultrasonography

Question 2

If pain is here, use this imagining study. LUQ.

Answer 2

CT

Question 3

If pain is here, use this imagining study. RLQ.

Answer 3

CT with IV contrast

Question 4

If pain is here, use this imagining study. LLQ.

Answer 4

CT with oral and IV contrast

Question 5

If pain is here, use this imagining study. Suprapubic.

Answer 5

Ultrasonography

Question 6

In general, which test is highly effective at identifying patients with nonspecific abd pain who need urgent intervention?

Answer 6

CT

Question 7

When would you use plain film?

Answer 7

Upright radiograph of chest/abd can detect free air under the diaphragm. This can indicate a perforation of the GI tract. It may help diagnose bowel obstruction with multiple dilated loops of bowel and air-fluid levels. It is also more readily available and less expensive than other imaging studies.

Question 8

This helps r/o obstruction.

Answer 8

Plain x-ray flat plate.

Question 9

This helps r/o gallstones.

Answer 9

Abd U/S

Question 10

This helps assess diverticulitis.

Answer 10

Abd CT

Question 11

This helps look at pancreas.

Answer 11

Abd U/S

Question 12

This helps assess abscesses.

Answer 12

Abd CT

Question 13

This helps assess liver.

Answer 13

Abd U/S

Question 14

This helps assess abdominal aorta.

Answer 14

Abd U/S

Question 15

This helps assess a mass.

Answer 15

Abd CT

Question 16

This helps assess pseudocyst.

Answer 16

Abd CT

Question 17

This helps assess pancreatitis.

Answer 17

Abd CT

Question 18

This helps assess ischemia.

Answer 18

Flat plate xray and abd CT

Question 19

This helps r/o ectopic pregnancy.

Answer 19

Transvaginal U/S