Download Abdominal Sonography Review: Q&A for ARDMS Exam Prep and more Exams Nursing in PDF only on Docsity!
Davies ARDMS Abdominal – review
Questions and Answers 100% Pass
what is the sonographic appearance of tumefactive sludge in GB ✔✔avascular mass with low level echoes
temefactive sludge is ✔✔sludge in GB that has taken on a polypoid mass like shape
patient with symptoms of severe epigastric pain radiating to the back vomitting chills and fever with a large GB and nondependent hyperechoic foci with ringdown artifact is consistent with ✔✔emphysematous cholycystitis
emphymatous cholycystitis is a form of ____ cholycystitis associated with the presence of ___- ____ bacteria more common in ____ and those suffering from ___ ✔✔acute
gas forming
males
diabetes
best way to identify the intrahepatic billary system is to images structures below ✔✔intrahepatic portal veins
pancreatic divisum is ✔✔the 2 pancreatic ducts that have not fused
if using a 5MHz transducer and can not visualize the posterior liver and diaphragm ✔✔rescan the liver using a lower frequency transducer for deeper penetration
what intrarenal arteries course along side the renal pyramids ✔✔interlobar
left renal artery courses ✔✔between SMA and Aorta
if lab values of GGT and Alkaline phosphate are increased it is an indication ✔✔liver - hepatocellular disfunction
hydroceles form between the 2 layers of the ✔✔tunica vaginalis
seminal vesicle is ____and ____ to the prostate gland ✔✔posterior and superior
an appendicolith is a ___echoic focus with ___ ___ ✔✔hypoechoic
posterior shadowing
_____is removed as result of liver transplant surgery ✔✔GB
during intraoperative liver surgery ____MHz is used as transducer will be placed directly on the liver ✔✔higher (5-7 MHz)
in suspected cases of cirrhosis and portal hypertension ____is almost always enlarged ✔✔spleen
best angle for measuring an AAA is ✔✔sagittal plane perpendicular to long axis of vessel
patient with history of severe sneezing and palpable abdominal mass may indicate ✔✔rectus sheath hematoma
thin hyperechoic bands of muscles seen just anterior to thyroid are ✔✔sternohyoid
sternothyoid
aliasing can be fixed by _____the ___ ✔✔decreasing the PRF
at the neck of a pseudoaneurysm wave form will be ✔✔hi velocity
bidirectional
or have a to and fro signal
anatomic landmark for the left medial segment of the liver is the ✔✔middle hepatic vein
in a pregnant women with RUQ pain, nausea, and vomiting that has gull stones and wall thickening and fluid around GB is suffering from ✔✔acute cholecystitis complicated by GB perforation
some one with symptoms of
biliary obstruction
weight loss
midepigastric pain
intra & extra hepatic dilitation
hydropic GB
to see a questionable mass in the dome of the liver best way to scan to see is ____ with probe angled _____ with patient taking deep breath ✔✔subcostal
superior
in a rejection to a renal transplant the doppler ___ should be evaluated ✔✔RI
the ____artery courses within the testicular parenchyma ✔✔centripetal
the pancreatic tail lies ____ to the spleen and ____ to the stomach an lesser sac ✔✔inferomedial
posterior
to review for a retroperitoneal fibrosis the _____ _____ should be scanned ✔✔abdominal aorta
the aorta is located in the ____ ___ ____ ✔✔anterior pararenal space
Marfan's syndrome can cause a ____ ____ that will reveal a linear band through the length of the wall of the ___ ✔✔aortic dissection
aorta
*** connective tissue disorder causing a seeping of blood into the layers separating them
the flow pattern of the hepatic veins is ___ ✔✔triphasic
the most significant clinical consequence of portal hypertension is ✔✔visceral hemorrhage
if imaging the gut with a high resolution transducer you can expect to see ____ layers with a good image ✔✔5 layers
**interface of superficial mucosa -echogenic
deep mucosa- hypoechoic
submucosa - echogenic
muscularis propria -hypoechoic
serosa - echogenic
a thyroid gland with bilateral enlargement and increased vascularity of both lobes is most likely a sign of ✔✔Grave's disease
