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Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum ... Visualized on POCUS ... Criteria for SBO ... #SBO #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal POCUS

Cirrhosis with fever/abd pain-?SBP. POCUS for win.  Secondary bacterial
) on Abdominal POCUS ... Note gas bubbles ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #Gas ... Pneumoperitoneum #Complex
Plicae Circulares characteristic of small bowel are most frequent & prominent in JENUNUM on POCUS

What segment
on POCUS What ... PlicaeCirculares #SBO ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound ... #POCUS #clinical ... #jejunum
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
of bowel lumen Complete ... bowel-movements (suggests complete ... light-switch pain") with complete ... with duodenal or jejunal ... #obstruction #sbo
Complex (NOT simple) ascites on Abdominal POCUS
(very subtle intra-ascitic echoes--didn't translate to Twitter well) secondary to
Complex (NOT simple ... ) ascites on Abdominal ... POCUS (very subtle ... 869585940200796160 #Ascites #Complex ... #POCUS #clinical
Incarcerated Hernia with SBO
29yo F with known hernia p/w sudden onset abdominal pain 2hrs ago. Given
w sudden onset abdominal ... of an SBO. ... obstructed loop of jejunum ... #AbdominalUS #IncarceratedHernia ... ValvulaeConniventes #Jejunum
Reduction of Anterior Shoulder Dislocation

This young man presented to the ER with a Shoulder Dislocation. He
Anterior Shoulder Dislocation ... with a Shoulder Dislocation ... He was in so much ... arrived that he was ... Anterior #clinical #video
Liver Abscess on POCUS
24yo healthy F to ED w/rigors &DCed. 2/2 blood cx + for fusobacterium,
Liver Abscess on POCUS ... fusobacterium, so ... liver abscess was ... Abscess #Hepatic #POCUS ... Clinical #Ultrasound #Abdominal
Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) on POCUS

This one was a closed loop obstruction. Subtle bowel wall edema
) on POCUS This ... one was a closed ... Screening with abdominal ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #clinical #POCUS
Small Bowel Wall Thickening on POCUS

Young adult with severe abdominal pain/distention. Hx-SLE with prior abdominal surgeries.
Thickening on POCUS ... Concern for SBO. ... POCUS performed. ... sonographic evidence of SBO ... #POCUS #clinical