DOPPLER LIVER ASSESSMENT, PROTOCOLS, AND INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS

Course overview

DOPPLER LIVER ULTRASONOGRAPHY CONSTITUTES AN EFFECTIVE AND NON-INVASIVE MEANS OF EVALUATING THE HEPATIC VASCULATURE. UNDERSTANDING THE NORMAL AND ABNORMAL WAVEFORMS FOR THE PRIMARY HEPATIC VESSELS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTIC WAVEFORMS CAN HELP DIAGNOSE SPECIFIC DISEASES THAT HAVE A CHARACTERISTIC EFFECT ON THESE WAVEFORM PATTERNS. IT IS IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND HOW AN ABNORMAL HEPATIC ARTERY, HEPATIC VEIN, OR PORTAL VEIN MANIFESTS ON DOPPLER SONOGRAPHY AND CAN HELP IDENTIFY OR CONFIRM DISEASES AFFECTING THE LIVER. HEPATIC DOPPLER ULTRASOUND IS A PART OF THE ABDOMINAL ULTRASOUND EXAMINATION. IT IS USED TO ASSESS THE PATENCY OF THE HEPATIC VASCULATURE AND THE DIRECTION AND VELOCITY OF BLOOD FLOW. THIS ACTIVITY EXAMINES THE USE OF DOPPLER ULTRASOUND IN HEPATIC ASSESSMENT.