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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 ... Diffuse, visceral abdominal ... hypotension • Abdominal ... percussion • Nausea
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... Distension and ... Gastric Outlet Obstruction ... Intestinal Pseudo obstruction ... #Distension #Bloating
Internal Jugular Vein Rouleaux Flow on POCUS

Amazing video of a dilated IJV showing Rouleaux flow. Whenever
Internal Jugular ... Rouleaux Flow on POCUS ... significantly, it causes ... for underlying cause ... #IJ #Vein #POCUS
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Gastrointestinal Manifestations
 - Thrombosis of vessels in the pancreas, Vasculitis -> Acute Pancreatitis
Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction ... : Abdominal pain ... , bloating, distension
Chronic SVC Stenosis with Caudal Blood Flow of Dilated Abdominal Veins

60 y/o hx of seizures &
Flow of Dilated Abdominal ... have distended abdominal ... What is the cause ... can also lead abdominal ... #abdominal #veins
Acute Kidney Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework
PRERENAL:
 - Intrarenal vasoconstriction-hemodynamically mediated
 - Systemic vasodilation
 - Volume
on UA) - Tubular ... (renal tubular ... treating underlying cause ... POSTRENAL: - Obstruction ... Manaqement: Relief of obstruction
Appendicitis on Abdominal Ultrasound

Noncompressible tubular structure with adjacent hyperechoic peri-appendiceal fat.

Dr. J. Christian Fox @jchristianfox

#Appendicitis #Appendix
Appendicitis on Abdominal ... Noncompressible tubular ... Appendicitis #Appendix #POCUS ... Ultrasound #Clinical #Abdominal
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Acute increase
Causes of Acute ... Shock Acute Tubular ... Obstruction • ... ) Post-Renal (Obstruction ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pediatric Causes ... of Abdominal Pain ... - Intestinal obstruction ... - Non-specific abdominal ... Pain #Pediatrics #Causes
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 ... of small bowel obstruction ... when compared to abdominal ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #POCUS #Diagnosis