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Paediatric Appendicitis Ultrasound
|Objective |To ensure that all staff follow correct procedure of evaluation in the paediatric patient when appendicitis is|
| |suspected. |
|Responsibility |All sonographers, trainee sonographers, registrars and radiologists performing paediatric ultrasound |
| |examinations. |
|Frequency |For all paediatric ultrasound examinations when appendicitis is suspected as requested by a clinician and |
| |subsequently prioritized by a radiologist. |
|Procedure |The following table describes the process to be followed for ultrasound examination of suspected appendicitis |
| |in the paediatric patient. |
|Step |Action |
|1 |If bladder is full image and document the bladder first including ureteric jets. |
|2 |In females also document the ovaries and uterus and take not if any free fluid is seen. Document |
| |flow in the ovaries with colour flow Doppler. |
|3 |Pre/Post void bladder volume. |
|4 |Perform a full abdominal scan as per the abdomen protocol. |
|5 |Check liver echotexture for echogenic portal triads ‘starry sky’ appearance. This may be seen in |
| |intra-abdominal sepsis but can be non-specific. |
|6 |Evaluate the lower right quadrant for appendix. Note: THIS SHOULD BE DONE WITH THE BLADDER BOTH |
| |FULL AND EMPTY. |
|7 |Use the highest frequency possible linear array probe (relation to the child’s size). |
|8 |Using graded pressure examine the area from the hepatic edge to the right pelvis. |
|9 |Look for the termination for the caecum and try to identify the appendix or an appendiceal mass. |
| |The appendix is seen as a blind ended tubular structure that should be no more than 6mm and |
| |compressible. |
|10 |Note should be made that the appendix can be retro-caecal or sub-hepatic |
|11 |Document any enlarged nodes within the mesentery and measure the transverse measurement of these |
| |nodes. |
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