Cholelithiasis
Preliminary Diagnosis: Cholelithiasis I. What imaging technique is first-line for this diagnosis? Transabdominal right upper quadrant ultrasound. Ideally, patient is NPO for 8 hours to distend the gallbaldder and optimize imaging of the gallbladder wall and contents. II. Describe the advantages and disadvantages of this technique for diagnosis of cholelithiasis. Advantages Very high sensitivity and…