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Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal POCUS

Cirrhosis with fever/abd pain-?SBP. POCUS for win.  Secondary bacterial
with fever/abd ... Note gas bubbles ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #Gas ... #Complex #Ascites
Complex Ascites with Air Bubbles in Colonic Perforation on POCUS

Hemodynamically unstable with rigid abdomen.  Patient
with Air Bubbles ... Perforation on POCUS ... to look for the abdominal ... #Air #Bubbles # ... #clinical #ultrasound
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
demonstrates hyperechoic bubbles ... ileus), intra-abdominal ... #hepatology #liver ... #pocus #clinical ... #air
Free Air on Abdominal POCUS - Enhanced Peritoneal Stripe Sign (EPSS)

50 year old female with LLQ
Free Air on Abdominal ... concerning for a bubble ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... #EPSS #clinical ... #ultrasound #radiology
Bibasilar Atelectasis secondary to massive ascites

Finally, large volumes of intra-abdominal fluid can lead to elevated hemi-diaphragms-->bibasilar
volumes of intra-abdominal ... optiflow 60% to room air ... collapse #pulmonary #lung ... #clinical #pocus ... #ultrasound
Complex Ascites on POCUS
62 yo F with rec dx colon CA s/p colectomy, liver cirrhosis w
s/p colectomy, liver ... bright white gas bubbles ... Point of Care Ultrasound ... #POCUS #SBP #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Pneumoperitoneum via Perforated Duodenal Ulcer- Free Air on Abdominal POCUS

Young patient with diffuse abdominal pain...don't let
Duodenal Ulcer- Free Air ... on Abdominal POCUS ... get fooled by lung ... #POCUS #ultrasound ... #clinical
Pneumonia on POCUS

Otherwise healthy 12mo-old w/ fever. Linear & phased array viewing the lung (subpleural &
healthy 12mo-old w/ fever ... array viewing the lung ... ABx & dc if no significant ... #clinical #lung ... #ultrasound #pediatrics
Gangrenous cholecystitis with sloughed, intraluminal membranes on POCUS
Worsening RUQ pain/fever. Ill-appearing, low BP. WBC 22.4K. POCUS
Worsening RUQ pain/fever ... surrounded by ascites ... Life threatening ... after surgery and long ... #clinical #ultrasound
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
SpO2 88% on room air ... This patient’s clinical ... exam findings and clinical ... second ribs.1 If ... consider intra-abdominal