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Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Approach and Differential ... The most common causes ... more than one cause ... auscultatory percussion, abdominal ... #workup #Differential
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
(<72 hours) - Differential ... Look for surgical abdomen ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... Peritonitic • Bowel
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
presents with acute abdominal ... acute or chronic abdominal ... sounds (ileus) • Abdomen ... percussion • Nausea ... #obstruction #sbo
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Small Intestinal Bowel ... Overgrowth (SIBO ... Obstruction • Ascites ... • Irritable Bowel ... Functional Bloating • Abdomino-phrenic
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
- Mnemonic and Differential ... A - Abdominal ... D - Distended bowel ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #POCUS
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... • Irritable bowel ... intolerance • SIBO ... hernia • Rib fracture ... #Differential #
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... Obstruction - Differential ... Hernia: External abdominal ... #Diagnosis #SBO ... #bowel #Causes
Complex Ascites with Air Bubbles in Colonic Perforation on POCUS

Hemodynamically unstable with rigid abdomen.  Patient
Perforation on POCUS ... unstable with rigid abdomen ... enhancement also seen = bowel ... to look for the abdominal ... #Perforation #POCUS
Small Bowel Obstruction and Ascites on POCUS

This patient drove to the ED complaining of 2 hours
Small Bowel Obstruction ... POCUS This patient ... Resolution: Nausea ... loop of small bowel ... #POCUS #Abdominal
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
reflection on the differential ... consequence of bowel ... ileus), intra-abdominal ... variety of other causes ... hepatology #liver #pocus