Cornell
HM-POCUS

Hospital Medicine Point of Care Ultrasonography

1. Measurement of the aorta in the longitudinal plane can be subject to what type of error?

Underestimation
Overestimation
Neither under- or overestimation
Both under- and overestimationrestimation

2. Which sonographic finding is the most specific for identifying aortic rupture?

Inhomogenous layered luminal thrombus
Focal wall interruption
Internal interruption of luminal thrombus
Retroperitoneal hematoma
Para-aortic hypoechoic focus

3. Identify this structure:

Aorta
Celiac trunk
SMA
IVC