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Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... Gastric Outlet Obstruction ... Intestinal Pseudo obstruction ... Dyssynergia Diagnostics ... Bloating #Management #Diagnosis
Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Small Bowel Obstruction ... Visualized on POCUS ... #Jejunum #SBO #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #abdominal
Esophageal dysphagia - Mechanical Obstruction vs Neuromuscular Disorder #Diagnosis #GI #SpeechPathology #Esophageal #Dysphagia #Algorithm #ALiEM
dysphagia - Mechanical Obstruction ... Neuromuscular Disorder #Diagnosis ... Esophageal #Dysphagia #Algorithm ... #ALiEM
Accuracy of abdominal ultrasound for the diagnosis of small bowel obstruction in the emergency department

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30181794

Our data
ultrasound for the diagnosis ... of small bowel obstruction ... and discharge diagnosis ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #POCUS #Diagnosis
Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Right Upper Quadrant Abdominal Pain

- Dr. Tom Fadial https://twitter.com/thame

#Hepatobiliary #RUQ #AbdominalPain
Upper Quadrant Abdominal ... AbdominalPain #Algorithm ... #POCUS #Ultrasound ... #Diagnosis #Evaluation
Proximal aorta longitudinal view demonstrating the abdominal aorta (red arrows), the celiac trunk (yellow arrow) and
demonstrating the abdominal ... Note that the abdominal ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... #Vasc #POCUS #Aorta ... #Celiac #SMA #ALiEM
An intuitive way to use ultrasound to evaluate sick patients along the peri-shock to full shock
spectrum, based on clinical ... #Diagnosis #POCUS ... Evaluation #Protocol #Algorithm ... #Cardiogenic #Obstructive
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
- Differential Diagnostic ... Algorithm Look ... Peritonitic • Bowel Obstruction ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm
Portal Hypertension Classification by site of vascular obstruction
1) Post-hepatic Post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome
2) Intrahepatic Post-sinusoidal: Veno-occlusive disease
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Portal Hypertension Classification ... site of vascular obstruction ... to cirrhosis, Abdominal ... #Hypertension #Classification ... gastroenterology #diagnosis
Positive FAST in the RUQ view demonstrating echogenic clot in Morison’s pouch with adjacent anechoic free
free fluid (*) #Clinical ... #Diagnosis #EM ... Trauma #Radiology #POCUS ... HepatorenalRecess #Positive #ALiEM