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Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
presents with acute abdominal ... acute or chronic abdominal ... hypotension • Abdominal ... sounds (ileus) • Abdomen ... ) #bowel #obstruction
Small bowel obstruction

pain in abdomen; history of previous abdominal surgery
 - Dilated bowel loops
 - multiple
Small bowel obstruction ... pain in abdomen ... history of previous abdominal ... surgery - Dilated bowel ... center of the abdomen
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Small Intestinal Bowel ... Gastric Outlet Obstruction ... Intestinal Pseudo obstruction ... • Irritable Bowel ... Functional Bloating • Abdomino-phrenic
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Differential Diagnostic Algorithm ... Look for surgical abdomen ... Peritonitic • Bowel ... Obstruction • ... • Irritable bowel
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic ... Differential A - Abdominal ... D - Distended bowel ... loop O - Obstructive ... Differential #Diagnosis #POCUS
Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Small Bowel Obstruction ... Visualized on POCUS ... #Obstruction #Jejunum ... #SBO #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
US demonstrating a dilated loop of bowel with retrograde peristalsis (to and from sign or "whirling")
dilated loop of bowel ... ) #Clinical #POCUS ... #Abdomen #SBO # ... SmallBowel #Obstruction
Proximal aorta longitudinal view demonstrating the abdominal aorta (red arrows), the celiac trunk (yellow arrow) and
demonstrating the abdominal ... Note that the abdominal ... descends into the abdomen ... Radiology #Vasc #POCUS ... #Celiac #SMA #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
Accuracy of abdominal ... diagnosis of small bowel ... obstruction in ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #POCUS #Diagnosis
Small Bowel Obstruction (Courtesy of Joshua Guttman MD)

#Clinical #POCUS #Abdomen #SBO #SmallBowel #Obstruction
Small Bowel Obstruction ... ) #Clinical #POCUS ... #Abdomen #SBO # ... SmallBowel #Obstruction