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Football Appearance of SBO on POCUS

Dr. Meghan Herbst @EUSmkh

#SBO #POCUS #ultrasound #clinical #small #bowel #obstruction
Appearance of SBO ... on POCUS Dr. ... Herbst @EUSmkh #SBO ... #POCUS #ultrasound ... clinical #small #bowel
Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Small Bowel Obstruction ... Visualized on POCUS ... Criteria for SBO ... Obstruction #Jejunum #SBO ... #POCUS #clinical
Small and Large Bowel Obstruction - Differential (DISTEND HIM)

Diverticulitis 
Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s, UC) 
Surgery (adhesions)
Small and Large Bowel ... Inflammatory bowel ... #Small #Large #Bowel ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #Differential #Causes
US demonstrating a dilated loop of bowel with retrograde peristalsis (to and from sign or "whirling")
dilated loop of bowel ... ) #Clinical #POCUS ... #Abdomen #SBO #
Major Clinical Trials and Evidence Summary for Transfusion Thresholds in Critical Care

TRICC - NEJM 1999 -
Care TRICC - NEJM ... 1999 - ICU FOCUS ... - NEJM 2011 - Hip ... UGIB TRISS - NEJM ... unnecessary and cause
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Mechanical Bowel ... Ileus: Functional bowel ... • Infrequent bowel ... percussion • Nausea ... #obstruction #sbo
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... perforate the bowel ... Differential #Diagnosis #SBO ... #bowel #Causes
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
diagnosis of small bowel ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #POCUS #Diagnosis
Gastroschisis on POCUS

Common ED complaint--VB/OB.  G1P0.  No heart tones heard so POCUS done.
Gastroschisis on POCUS ... heart tones heard so ... POCUS done. ... wall defect with bowel ... Always explain POCUS
Fecalized Fluid Filled Loops of Small Bowel on POCUS

Normal small bowel is hard to see on
on POCUS Normal ... hard to see on POCUS ... of an SBO - UNC ... UNCEMSONO #Clinical #POCUS ... #SBO #Small #Bowel