Juerg Hodler - Diseases of the Abdomen and Pelvis 2023-2026: Diagnostic Imaging

The world-renowned International Diagnostic Course in Davos (IDKD) represents a unique learning experience for imaging specialists in training as well as for experienced radiologists and clinicians. IDKD reinforces his role of educator offering to the scientific community tools of both basic knowledge and clinical practice. Aim of this Series, based on the faculty of the Davos Course and now launched as open access publication, is to provide a periodically renewed update on the current state of the art and the latest developments in the field of organ-based imaging (chest, neuro, MSK, and abdominal).

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In a patient admitted with a potential abdominal trauma, a normal clinical examination has been shown insufficient per se to rule out a major intra-abdominal injury [], a FAST (focused assessment with sonography for trauma) is immediately performed, in addition to pelvic X-Ray, for the initial triage of trauma patients. Six regions are classically examined at FAST: right upper quadrant, hepatorenal fossa (Morisons pouch), left upper quadrant (subphrenic space), splenorenal recess, pelvis (Douglas recess), and pericardium.