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Target Sign in Acute Appendicitis - POCUS

- Dr. Lebret Yannick @ardoukoba40

#Target #Sign #Appendicitis #POCUS #Ultrasound #Clinical
Target Sign in Acute ... Appendicitis - ... #Appendicitis # ... POCUS #Ultrasound #Clinical ... #Abdominal #Radiology
Clinically Important Vitamins and Vitamin Deficiency States
Fat-soluble Vitamins: 
 • Vitamin A - Xerophthalmia, night blindness,
Clinically Important ... • Thiamine B1 ... gestation • Vitamin B12 ... differential #diagnosis #signs ... #symptoms #nutrition
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin) Deficiency
Etiology:
 • Vit B12 - aka cobalamin. Present in foods derived from animal
Vitamin B12 (Cobalamin ... Etiology: • Vit B12 ... Present in foods ... intrinsic factor, IF) Clinical ... diagnosis #management #nutrition
Beevor's Sign on Physical Exam

Beevor's sign is abnormal upward (cephalad) movement of the umbilicus with truncal
Beevor's Sign on ... Exam Beevor's sign ... reflects lower rectus abdominis ... lesions between T9-T12 ... PhysicalExam #clinical
Rovsing Sign on Physical Exam

A positive Rovsing's sign is when there is tenderness in the RLQ
Rovsing Sign on ... could also mean appendicitis ... #PhysicalExam #clinical ... video #surgery #appendicitis ... #abdominal
Small Bowel Obstruction
Visualized here are dilated loops of bowel as a result of SBO. One can
plicae circularis (folds ... as the "piano sign ... ," and abdominal ... Sukh Singh, MD #Clinical ... Radiology #POCUS #AbdominalUS
Diets and Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)
Diet affects IBD by 3 mechanisms
1. Microbiome ( ↓ diversity)
2. Mucosal
Key Points • Nutrition ... energy intake x 8-12 ... and probiotic foods ... that may trigger abdominal ... bloating, abdominal
Transverse Myelitis Overview

Focal inflammatory disorder of the spinal cord resulting in rapid onset of weakness, sensory
Transverse Myelitis - Clinical ... • Bilateral signs ... Check Vitamin B12 ... antibodies • Nutritional ... Deficiency: - Vitamin B12
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... oral ulcers in 12 ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... diagnosis #management #signs
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
Vital signs: BP ... This patient’s clinical ... exam findings and clinical ... particularly ribs 9-12 ... consider intra-abdominal