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Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS

RUSH exam for fever, hypotension, abd pain.  You notice this in RUQ.
hypotension, abd pain ... Diagnosis? ... Answer: Large intra-abdominal ... See CT scan. ... signatures of air
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Chest Pain - Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

History and Exam
Acute life-threatening causes:
 • Acute myocardial infarction
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Chest Pain - Diagnosis ... and Workup Algorithm ... Pneumothorax • Pulmonary ... score for PE • CTA ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Air Crescent Sign on Chest CT
 • Crescentic or circumferential rim of radiolucent airspace within a
on Chest CT • ... , bronchogenic Ca ... Crescent #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Air Bronchogram Sign on Chest CT
 • Patent airways surrounded by opacified lung
 • DDx: pna,
Sign on Chest CT ... infarction, pulm adeno Ca ... Bronchogram #Sign #CT ... #Lung #Pulmonary ... #diagnosis #radiology
Enhanced peritoneal stripe sign suggestive of free air in the peritoneum (also known as that other
suggestive of free air ... 80 yo M with abdominal ... pain. ... prior to CT. ... #abdominal
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Rectus Abdominis Sheath Hematoma on POCUS
Elderly female with patulous multiparous abdomen, asthma exacerbation with bouts of
Rectus Abdominis ... Sheath Hematoma on POCUS ... pain. ... confirmed with CT ... hospital with IR
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Complex Ascites with Air Bubbles in Colonic Perforation on POCUS

Hemodynamically unstable with rigid abdomen.  Patient
Perforation on POCUS ... True CT is more ... presentation of colon CA ... to look for the abdominal ... #Perforation #POCUS
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Imaging Modalities for Renal Calculus

AXR. KUB
 - Good far calcium-containing stones useful when limited radiation dose
Non-contrast CT ... causes of flank or abdominal ... pain: diagnoses ... retroperitoneal disease CT-KUB ... lower dose than a CT-based
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
• Epigastric abdominal ... pain (90%, characteristically ... , gallstones), CT ... biliary, stones), CTA ... ileus), consider pain-dose
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
triad: Bleeding, abdominal ... pain, and palpable ... abdominal mass ... suspicion for AEF: CTA ... • CT findings