MEDRADSC 2M03 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Thalamus, Armoured Fighting Vehicle, Echogenicity
18 Sep 2018
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Patient preparation (his): hospital info system (emr): shown when given the assigned number (ris): radiology info system (mwl): modality worklist. Info put into the u/s machine before ris. Age, lmp, gravididty, parity, pain, recent pelvic procedures, history. Confirm intrauterine pregnancy, no chance of eptopic. Cause of vaginal bleeding or pelvic pain. Estimate gestational age see if its multiple pregnancies confirm viability, adjunct to chorionic villus sampling (cvs), embryo transfer, and localization and removal of an intrauterine device (iud) Assess for fetal anomalies such as anencephaly. Measure nuchal translucency (nt) look for pelvic masses first trimester scans. Abdominally, vaginally or both if abdomen fails, use vaginal and the opposite: evaluate the uterus and adnexa for the presence of a gestational sac. Find the sac if there is one, and state the location. Record the crl (crown-rump length: helps determine gestational age, this is the length of the human embryo from the head to the butt, more accurate than gestational sac diameter.
