Time to FLASH: Equine abdominal point of care ultrasound

Presented by Claire Underwood, Assistant Professor in Clinical Large Animal Diagnostic Imaging

Continuing education questionnaire

CE credit: 1

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Questions

1. What is the most suitable transducer for a FLASH examination on an adult horse? *

Linear transducer (tendon probe)

Microconvex transducer

Large curvilinear transducer

Rectal transducer

2. Which of the following is not one of the goal-directed questions answered by a FLASH? *

Is there peritoneal fluid?

Is there distended small intestine?

Is there evidence of infiltrative bowel disease?

Is there gastric distension?

3. Which of the following best describes the structures visible in the right middle window in a normal horse? *

Right dorsal colon, right ventral colon, liver, possibly duodenum

Stomach, right dorsal colon, right ventral colon, possibly duodenum

Spleen, right dorsal colon, right ventral colon, cecum

Liver, right dorsal colon, cecum, small intestine

4. In which window would you expect to see gastric dilation? *

Left middle window

Right middle window

Left inguinal window

Duodenal window

5. Which statement best describes the structures that are normally visible in the left inguinal window? *

Cecum, small intestine, liver

Left ventral colon, small intestine, spleen

Left ventral colon, left dorsal colon stomach

Cecum, left ventral colon, left dorsal colon

6. What is 1 cm thick large colon seen in the ventral window suggestive of? *

7. Which sonographic findings below are most consistent with a nephrosplenic entrapment? *

Large mesenteric vessels against the body wall, distended small intestine, left kidney not visible

Left kidney not visible

Left kidney not visible, spleen displaced ventrally, enlarged stomach

Left kidney not visible, colon dorsal to the spleen to the left mid window, spleen displaced ventrally

8. Which two pathologies are the most likely causes of distended small intestine? *

Displacement, Colitis

Strangulating small intestinal lesion, Enteritis

9. What is the normal size of the stomach in a fed horse? *

Spans 9 intercostal spaces

Spans 2–3 intercostal spaces

Spans 7–10 intercostal spaces

Spans 3–7 intercostal spaces

10. True or False. A horse with a diaphragmatic hernia will always have intestine visible in the thoracic window. *

True

False