As an imaging tool, abdominal ultrasound generally is warranted for patients afflicted with: chronic or acute abdominal pain; abdominal trauma; an obvious or suspected abdominal mass; symptoms of liver disease, pancreatic.

What is a abdominal ultrasound?

it can be readily identified and monitored with ultrasound before acute complications result.

Any liquid can be drunk before an abdominal ultrasound, the color is irrelevant. The purpose of a full bladder is to allow a better view of whatever else is being looked at; in an OB ultrasound, the sugar in the soda may cause the baby to be more active during the exam.

As a diagnostic imaging technique, a normal abdominal ultrasound is one that indicates the absence of the suspected condition that prompted the scan.