PURPOSE: To evaluate whether @entity548 is visible on a modified focused assessment with sonography for trauma (FAST) examination in stable obstetrics @entity1 after a nonemergent cesarean delivery. METHODS: This was a prospective observational study of @entity1 who underwent nonemergent cesarean delivery at a single institution. @entity1 provided written informed consent to participate in the study preoperatively and underwent a modified FAST examination in the recovery room within 2 hours of completion of surgery. A sonographic examination was considered positive for @entity548 if an anechoic pocket consistent with free fluid was present. RESULTS: One hundred @entity1 underwent suprapubic and bilateral upper-quadrant sonographic evaluations. The mean (  SD) time of the evaluation was 74.2    36 minutes after the end of surgery. Among the 100 sonographic examinations of each upper quadrant, 194 (97.0%) were negative, 5 (2.5%) were indeterminate, and 1 (0.5%) was positive for fluid. All suprapubic sonographic examinations were considered inadequate. CONCLUSIONS: Sonographic evaluation immediately after cesarean delivery is feasible in most @entity1 and was overwhelmingly negative for @entity548 in a group of @entity1 who did not require reoperation or unexpected blood transfusion.    2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound, 2015.

Sonographic evaluation for XXXX after cesarean delivery.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'Patients'] @entity548 :: ('MESH:D006470', 'Disease') :: ['hemorrhage', 'intra-abdominal hemorrhage']
@entity548 :: (MESH:D006470,Disease) :: ['intra-abdominal hemorrhage']
