Evaluating a Benign Liver, Coarse Liver, & “Lumped Up” Liver; “Grandma? & The Liver Enzyme Chase–What do they have in common?
We constantly get called in for a sonogram owing to simple non clinical liver enzyme elevations? you know the ubiquitous SAP of 500-800 and change, ALT of 250 and change? and we scan the liver and it may be a bit lumped up like this attached image (Image 1, video 1) but only mildly so….
Evaluating a Benign Liver, Coarse Liver, & “Lumped Up” Liver; “Grandma” & The Liver Enzyme Chase–What do they have in common?
We constantly get called in for a sonogram owing to simple non clinical liver enzyme elevations… you know the ubiquitous SAP of 500-800 and change, ALT of 250 and change… and we scan the liver and it may be a bit lumped up like this attached image (Image 1, video 1) but only mildly so….
Jaundice Patient: Is A Coag Useful & When Do I Sample?
I recently received this question from a solid colleague/client that I read cases for and support in the clinical sonography technical and business curve and he had an interesting question: SM: I scanned a slightly jaundice dog yesterday. PT was double normal so I did not poke. PTT was WNL. Liver: looked totally norm but…
Common echo errors
I do a lot of remote education reviewing cases for people I have trained and when they have troubles I send them back still images with corrections and suggestions on how to improve their measurements. Thought I would share some imperfect views with the corrections in yellow in case you ever have similar difficulties when…
Kidney- As abnormal as I think?
Post By Pam Schott This 10 year old MN DSH cat has an elevated Calcium (12.2, ionized calcium pending) and weight loss (16 down to 14), remainder of bloodwork normal. Both kidneys looked similar.
When Shopping For An US Machine Mention You Are A SonoPath Member
Jacquie Pankatz recent post reminded me of this concept as she is shopping for a new machine.
Patient Bereavement & The Probe
This is a response of mine to a VIN colleague that is having difficulty dealing with the new found pathology and badness she continually finds during her new ultrasound curve. Getting a faster dx means also finding badness faster and she was having trouble with the adjustment. I cannot quote her because its off of…
Buying An Ultrasound Machine
Buying an US machine is like buying a car and you want a week-long test drive. If they won’t give it to you to use for a week move on. Choose what you want to spend and what you can afford (as they usually aren’t the same) and choose a machine from each producer in…
Pyometra On Ultrasound
For a nice pyometra look at the case of the month archive August 2012 or just do a pathology search “pyometra” just make sure you are logged into the sonopath site and not just the forum. http://www.sonopath.com/case-studies/search