FAST Lipliner Sign | Nondiagnostic, Still Helpful

The JournalFeed podcast for the week of Sept 23-27, 2024.

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Monday Spoon Feed:

Post-processing techniques completed by ultrasound machines to improve spatial resolution have become so advanced that it can now fool us into thinking a FAST exam is positive.

Tuesday Spoon Feed:

This was a single center retrospective study at a tertiary pediatric ED of patients with suspected pediatric appendicitis. The authors found that combining a low pediatric Appendicitis Risk Calculator (pARC) result with a nondiagnostic ultrasound results in a high negative predictive value for appendicitis.