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Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Small Bowel Obstruction ... on POCUS Convex ... Criteria for SBO ... #SBO #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
presents with acute ... present with either acute ... with duodenal or jejunal ... #obstruction #sbo ... #ileus #pathophysiology
Plicae Circulares characteristic of small bowel are most frequent & prominent in JENUNUM on POCUS

What segment
on POCUS What ... PlicaeCirculares #SBO ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound ... #POCUS #clinical ... #jejunum
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... potentially be an acute ... intolerance • SIBO ... hernia • Rib fracture ... aneurysms • Acute
Incarcerated Hernia with SBO
29yo F with known hernia p/w sudden onset abdominal pain 2hrs ago. Given
w sudden onset abdominal ... incarcerated loop of bowel ... lines along the bowel ... obstructed loop of jejunum ... ValvulaeConniventes #Jejunum
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
- Mnemonic and Differential ... A - Abdominal ... D - Distended bowel ... #ABDOMEN #Differential ... #Diagnosis #POCUS
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
, and palpable abdominal ... Not reliable, so ... • Should be on differential ... Pathophysiology: ... patients with acute
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... patient’s absolute SBP ... Diagnoses: • Acute ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal ... #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Cauda Equina Syndrome Overview

Cauda Equina Syndrome:
 • Prevalence: 1:33,000-100,000 ppl/yr
 • Incidence: 1.5-3.4 million ppl/yr
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spine • MCC- acute ... disturbance • Bladder, bowel ... constipation Differential ... distinguishing feature ... Equina #syndrome #differential