Bladder Ultrasound

This Harvard Medical School Continuing Education video examines these key questions: How do I select the correct ultrasound probe for the bladder, and what does normal anatomy look like? How do I obtain basic views of the bladder in the transverse and longitudinal planes? How do I calculate bladder volume?

Associate Residency Program Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasound at Massachusetts General Hospital, Dr. Dan Restrepo, MD, FHM, discusses correct probe selection and scanning techniques for point-of-care bladder ultrasound. He reviews normal anatomy for both male and female bladders while providing ultrasound examples for each, and he instructs viewers to calculate bladder volume using width, depth, and height measurements.

This video was peer reviewed by Dr. Jonathan Salik, TMD, MHPEd, Instructor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; and Dr. Sugantha Sundar, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, to validate the quality and accuracy of the content. It was edited by affiliate physicians of Harvard Medical School, Bradley Petek, MD, Cardiovascular Performance Program, PGY-6, Massachusetts General Hospital  and Anna Handorf, MD, Research Fellow in Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital.

00:00 | Introduction
00:45 | Bladder probe selection and scanning technique
01:37 | A review of normal bladder anatomy
04:15 | Bladder volume calculation

This video was peer reviewed by Dr. Jonathan Salik, TMD, MHPEd, Instructor of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital; and Dr. Sugantha Sundar, MD, Assistant Professor of Anesthesia, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, to validate the quality and accuracy of the content. It was edited by an affiliate physicians of Harvard Medical School, Bradley Petek, MD, Cardiovascular Performance Program, PGY-6, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Anna Handorf, MD, Research Fellow in Pediatrics, Massachusetts General Hospital.

References:
Atlas ultrasounds obtained from the POCUS Atlas at https://www.thepocusatlas.com/ 

"Dundee - Drawing Male Bladder and Prostate - no labels" by Lissie Cowley, © University of Dundee School of Medicine, license: CC BY-NC-ND

Notice: At this time, the content in this video is not accredited.