Doppler study - vessel segments report template
A structured doppler study - vessel segments report template used for pelvic doppler, lower-limb arterial doppler, upper-limb arterial doppler, carotid / neck vascular doppler, renal vascular doppler, hepatic / portal doppler, abdominal vascular doppler, scrotal doppler, penile doppler. It covers 3 sections and 11 fields.
Demonstration content. Review and approve this template with your clinical lead before clinical use. Reference values shown in SonoTez are notes only and are never applied automatically.
Technique
Grey-scale, colour and spectral Doppler ultrasound.
What to include: sections and measurements
Vessel segment repeatable
- Side: right · left · midline / n/a
- Vessel / segment
- PSV (cm/s)
- EDV (cm/s)
- RI
- PI
- Waveform: triphasic · biphasic · monophasic · low resistance · high resistance · no flow …
- Plaque / thrombus: none seen · plaque · thrombus
- Observation
Study notes
- Technical notes
Other findings
- Other findings
Writing the impression
Answer the clinical question first, list the remaining findings in order of importance, and keep anything new out of the impression. If a structure was not fully seen, say so and give the reason. See how to write an ultrasound report for wording and certainty terms.