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Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... Gastric Outlet Obstruction ... Intestinal Pseudo obstruction ... • Pelvic Floor Dysfunction ... EmoryGastroHep #Abdominal
Bedside Classification of Shock

Hypovolemic shock 

- Vomiting, diarrhea, overdiuresis 

- Hemorrhage (GI, peritoneal, RP) 

Distributive shock
Bedside Classification ... Acute valve dysfunction ... Prosthetic valve dysfunction ... LV outflow Obstruction ... CM #Shock #Classification
Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Small Bowel Obstruction ... Visualized on POCUS ... #Small #Bowel #Obstruction ... #Jejunum #SBO #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #abdominal
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
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... disease Systolic dysfunction ... Diastolic dysfunction ... restrictive and obstructive ... Hypertension #PHTN #Classification
Portal Hypertension Classification by site of vascular obstruction
1) Post-hepatic Post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome
2) Intrahepatic Post-sinusoidal: Veno-occlusive disease
3)
Portal Hypertension Classification ... site of vascular obstruction ... to cirrhosis, Abdominal ... #Hypertension #Classification
Causes, classification and compensatory responses to shock.

Shock can be caused by any pathological process that leads
Causes, classification ... vasodilatation, myocardial dysfunction ... or obstruction ... cardiogenic or obstructive ... Causes #Types #Classification
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... patients with chronic abdominal ... • Edema • Abdominal ... Sphincter of Oddi dysfunction ... • Intestinal obstruction
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
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Myocardial • Systolic Dysfunction ... • Diastolic Dysfunction ... Tachyarrhythmia Airway Obstruction ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
Differential A - Abdominal ... bowel loop O - Obstructive ... Differential #Diagnosis #POCUS