Point-of-care ultrasound view

POCUS View

Bladder Ultrasound

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How to Perform

Use a curvilinear probe with the patient supine. Place the probe in the suprapubic midline angled caudally into the pelvis and identify the bladder as an anechoic, often rectangular structure deep to the abdominal wall. Scan through it in both transverse and sagittal planes; to estimate volume, measure the three orthogonal dimensions (width, height, and depth).

How to Interpret

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References

  • Alpert EA, Gold DD, Kobliner-Friedman D, Wagner M, Dadon Z. Revolutionizing Bladder Health: Artificial-Intelligence-Powered Automatic Measurement of Bladder Volume Using Two-Dimensional Ultrasound. Diagnostics (Basel). 2024 Aug 22;14(16):1829. doi:10.3390/diagnostics14161829. PMID: 39202317.
  • Hagen-Ansert SL. Textbook of Diagnostic Sonography. 9th ed. St. Louis, MO: Elsevier; 2022.
  • Soni NJ, Arntfield R, Kory P. Point of Care Ultrasound. 2nd ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2019.