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Intern Pocket Cards - Inpatient Bowel Regimen Guide
Osmotic agents (draws water into bowel, thereby loosening stool
Cards - Inpatient Bowel ... Osmotic agents (draws ... water into bowel ... Polyethylene glycol - Nausea ... #constipation #pharmacology
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Mechanical Bowel ... Ileus: Functional bowel ... movements (partial ... percussion • Nausea ... obstruction #sbo #ileus #pathophysiology
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
Portal venous gas ... consequence of bowel ... peptic ulcer), bowel ... variety of other causes ... hepatology #liver #pocus
Cauda Equina Syndrome
Causes:
 • Large lumbar degenerative disc herniation (central)
 • Severe lumbar spondylosis
 • Neoplasm
Equina Syndrome Causes ... Areflexia (loss of normal ... soon as bladder/bowel ... Syndrome #MSK #pathophysiology
Noncardiogenic Pulmonary Edema - Differential Diagnosis Framework

NCPE Pathophysiology:
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema occurs because of excessive pulmonary capillary
Framework NCPE Pathophysiology ... Causes include: ... • Heart size: Normal ... ECHO: • Normal ... pulmonary edema • Bowel
Portal Venous Gas on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) secondary to Ischemic Bowel

LOOK FOR AIR IN
Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... secondary to Ischemic Bowel ... Another case of ... patient had ischemic bowel ... #VenousGas #POCUS
Digoxin Pharmacology and Pathophysiology
1) Na/K ATPase Pump - Digoxin works by directly binding to and inhibiting
Digoxin Pharmacology ... and Pathophysiology ... intracellular calcium causes ... levels stay within normal ... #Pathophysiology
Portal Venous Gas on POCUS - Pneumatosis
Patient has ischemic bowel with portal venous gas.
Both cause intrahepatic
Portal Venous Gas ... on POCUS - Pneumatosis ... Patient has ischemic bowel ... Both cause intrahepatic ... #Pneumatosis #POCUS
The crusade against “Ab”Normal Saline continues.  This is a non-physiologic fluid that can harm our
crusade against “Ab”Normal ... this post will focus ... K+ in the ECF causes ... Normal saline has ... diagnosis #treatment #pharmacology