RT Book, Section
A1 Boyd, Jeremy S.
A1 Melton, Myles
A1 Rupp, Jordan D.
A1 Ferre, Robinson M.
A2 Knoop, Kevin J.
A2 Stack, Lawrence B.
A2 Storrow, Alan B.
A2 Thurman, R. Jason
SR Print(0)
ID 1181051896
T1 Right Upper Quadrant (Morison’s Pouch)
T2 The Atlas of Emergency Medicine, 5e
YR 2021
FD 2021
PB McGraw-Hill
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260134940
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1181051896
RD 2024/04/18
AB With  the  indicator  directed  toward  the  patient’s  head,  the  transducer  is  oriented  in  a  coronal  section  through  the  body  in  the  midaxillary  line,  extending  from  the  9th  through  12th  ribs.  Start  between  the  11th  and  12th  ribs  initially,  then  move  cephalad  or  caudal,  anterior  or  posterior,  to  complete  the  evaluation  (Fig.  24.11).Identify  and  evaluate  the  interface  of  the  liver  and  right  kidney.  This  region  is  the  potential  space  known  as  Morison’s  pouch.  Normally,  the  liver  and  kidney  are  in  direct  contact  with  one  another  or  separated  by  adipose  tissue  of  heterogeneous  echoes  (Fig.  24.12).Evaluate  the  right  paracolic  gutter  by  identifying  and  evaluating  the  caudal-most  portion  of  the  hepatic  parenchyma  (inferior  tip  of  the  liver).