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Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... presents with acute abdominal ... acute or chronic abdominal ... percussion • Nausea ... ) #bowel #obstruction
POCUS - Dilated stomach with pulsating gastric contents (from the heart) as a result of small
POCUS - Dilated ... stomach with pulsating ... gastric contents ... result of small bowel ... obstruction #Clinical
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
Nasogastric Tube and Fluid Filled Stomach on Gastric POCUS

Phased array transducer in subxiphoid position (epigastrium, footprint
on Gastric POCUS ... supports small bowel ... obstruction. ... #Gastric #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Dilated Fluid-filled Stomach

SBO POCUS - dilated small bowel loops > 2.5cm, dilated fluid-filled stomach, to-and-fro or
SBO POCUS - ... @eabramsMD #Gastric ... #Dilated #SBO #Abdominal ... #Ultrasound #clinical ... #Stomach #POCUS
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
AMI • PUD • Gastric ... • Intestinal obstruction ... • Irritable bowel ... • Inflammatory bowel ... disease • Necrotic bowel
Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) with dilated small bowel loops > 2.5cm

SBO POCUS - dilated small bowel
Small Bowel Obstruction ... > 2.5cm SBO POCUS ... dilated fluid-filled stomach ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound ... #clinical #POCUS
To and Fro Peristalsis in Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) on POCUS

SBO POCUS - dilated small bowel
Obstruction (SBO ... dilated fluid-filled stomach ... Peristalsis #SmallBowel #Obstruction ... #SBO #Abdominal ... #Ultrasound #clinical
Extraluminal Free Fluid in Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) on POCUS

SBO POCUS - dilated small bowel loops
Obstruction (SBO ... dilated fluid-filled stomach ... FreeFluid #SmallBowel #Obstruction ... #SBO #POCUS #Abdominal ... #Ultrasound #clinical
Dilated Fluid-filled Stomach on Gastric POCUS

Abd pain+vomiting+peritonitis -> Massively dilated stomach on #POCUS. NG tube placed
on Gastric POCUS ... @eabramsMD #Gastric ... #Dilated #Abdominal ... #Ultrasound #clinical ... #Stomach #POCUS