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Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Small Bowel Obstruction ... Criteria for SBO ... #Jejunum #SBO # ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #abdominal
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 ... vomiting (worse with duodenal ... or jejunal obstruction ... #sbo #ileus #pathophysiology
Plicae Circulares characteristic of small bowel are most frequent & prominent in JENUNUM on POCUS

What segment
& prominent in JENUNUM ... & 2nd part of duodenum ... PlicaeCirculares #SBO ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound ... POCUS #clinical #jejunum
Pneumoperitoneum from perforated duodenal ulcer on RUQ POCUS

Male with severe RUQ abdominal pain. Answer in thread.
with severe RUQ abdominal ... pneumoperitoneum anterior ... Pleural air would ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #Abdominal
Pneumoperitoneum via Perforated Duodenal Ulcer- Free Air on Abdominal POCUS

Young patient with diffuse abdominal pain...don't let
via Perforated Duodenal ... Ulcer- Free Air ... intraperitoneal air ... liver and the anterior ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Complex Ascites with Air Bubbles in Colonic Perforation on POCUS

Hemodynamically unstable with rigid abdomen.  Patient
moving toward the anterior ... perforation and obstruction ... to look for the abdominal ... the peritoneum anteriorly ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound