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Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Visualized on POCUS ... Criteria for SBO ... peristalsis • +free fluid ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Liver Abscess on POCUS
24yo healthy F to ED w/rigors &DCed. 2/2 blood cx + for fusobacterium,
Liver Abscess on ... POCUS 24yo healthy ... fusobacterium, so ... Abscess #Hepatic #POCUS ... Clinical #Ultrasound #Abdominal
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Insufficiency, Liver ... Severe auto-PEEP, Abdominal ... Dehydration Shock Treatment ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... and Bloating - Treatment ... Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO ... Dyssynergia Diagnostics ... Bloating #Management #Diagnosis
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 ... ultrasound for the diagnosis ... and discharge diagnosis ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #POCUS #Diagnosis
Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) on POCUS

This one was a closed loop obstruction. Subtle bowel wall edema
) on POCUS This ... subtle free fluid ... Screening with abdominal ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound ... #clinical #POCUS
Clinical Examination for Liver and Biliary Diseases
1) Hands: Clubbing, Dupuytren's contracture, Leuconychia, Bruising, Flapping tremor (hepatic
Examination for Liver ... Aspiration of ascitic fluid ... , Dilated abdominal ... physicalexam #cirrhosis #liver ... disease #signs #diagnosis
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
Bacterial Peritonitis DIAGNOSTICS ... signs (fever, abdominal ... dL and advanced liver ... #diagnosis #management ... #prophylaxis #treatment
Focused Assessment with Sonography for HIV/TB - The FASH Exam

The main objective of the FASH exam
effusions, enlarged abdominal ... focal spleen and liver ... #Diagnosis #POCUS
Portal Venous Gas on POCUS

Sick hypotensive patient. Obscure diagnosis in 2 mins. Notice the portal air
Venous Gas on POCUS ... Obscure diagnosis ... ultrasound, reverb in liver ... Air #Clinical #POCUS ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound