Table 1 Spots and focused anomalies visualized by POCUS in the echoPAIN study
Organ | Pathological finding (illness) |
|---|---|
Abdominal aorta | Dilation (Aneurysm), flap (aortic dissection) |
Gallbladder | Cholelithiasis Murphy sign, wall thickening (cholecystitis) |
Kidneys | Hydronephrosis (renal colic) |
Bladder | Dilation (urine retention) |
Peritoneum (pouch) | Presence of fluid |
Small bowel loops | Dilated, incompressible loops with back-and-forth liquid movement (bowel obstruction) |
Appendix | Non-compressible appendix with diameter > 6 mm (appendicitis) |
Ovaries | Ovarian cysts or mass |