4 in paracolic gutter.
Paracolic gutter fluid ultrasound.
Providers can use ultrasound to detect peritoneal free fluid and guide procedures like paracentesis.
Etiologically it means a channel adjacent to the abdominal wall.
Collections of peritoneal free fluid appear black or anechoic on ultrasound imaging.
In thin patients relatively small volume of fluid can be found.
It is also known as sulci paracolic and paracolic recesses.
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.
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Although ultrasound is sensitive to detect small amounts of peritoneal free fluid it cannot accurately differentiate types of peritoneal free fluid.
32 had free fluid in luq.
Ultrasound is variably sensitive depending on the size of the patient and the operator.