Slide the probe caudad to evaluate the tip of the liver and the superior aspect of the right paracolic gutter, which is the space between the ascending colon and the lateral abdominal wall.

The right lateral paracolic gutter is a wide space between the ascending colon and the abdominal wall. The left lateral paracolic gutter is narrow by comparison. It is located to the side of the ...

and the thickness of ascites measured in five locations across three transverse planes—the bilateral subphrenic space, the bilateral paracolic space and the pre-bladder space. The average ...