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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 ... ultrasound for the diagnosis ... and discharge diagnosis ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #POCUS #Diagnosis
Point-of-care lung ultrasound for diagnosis of Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia: notes from the field
Table 3: Description of
ultrasound for diagnosis ... notes from the field ... Table 3: Description ... findings #EBM #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Lung #Findings
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis 
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Chills 
 • Abdominal pain 
Diagnosis
• Chills • Abdominal ... pain Diagnosis ... stain/culture Management ... #Peritonitis #SBP ... #Diagnosis #Hepatology
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO ... Dyssynergia Diagnostics ... Distension #Bloating #Management ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Approaching a Difficult Colonoscopy - Scoping Summary
Risk factors for failed C-scope:
 • Incr Age
 • Female
Risk factors for failed ... • History of abdominal ... Water immersion in failed ... Summary #Endoscopy #diagnosis ... #management #algorithm
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Diagnosis:
 • Use a positive diagnostic strategy with
and Management ... Criteria - Recurrent abdominal ... severe symptoms who failed ... risk factors who failed ... #Management #gastroenterology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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- Differential Diagnosis ... SBP <90, drop in ... Severe auto-PEEP, Abdominal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... algorithm #treatment #management
Dilated Fluid-filled Stomach

SBO POCUS - dilated small bowel loops > 2.5cm, dilated fluid-filled stomach, to-and-fro or
Stomach SBO ... POCUS - dilated ... Fullness #Dilated #SBO ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound ... clinical #Stomach #POCUS
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Artery Disease • Stable ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal ... Chronic #Dyspnea #SOB ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Mains Electricity Failure - Guidelines for Crises in Anaesthesia
Unexpected total power failure is rare and unpredictable.
monitors have failed ... If failed → 4-1 ... until patient is stable ... Intraoperative #Checklist #Diagnosis ... #Management #Workup