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Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum ... Visualized on POCUS ... Criteria for SBO ... #SBO #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal POCUS

Cirrhosis with fever/abd pain-?SBP. POCUS for win.  Secondary bacterial
) on Abdominal POCUS ... SBP. ... #Peritonitis #SBP ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Femoral Hernia resulting in SBO

A 55yo F with no surgical history presents with abdominal pain and
in SBO A 55yo ... presents with abdominal ... #SBO #clinical ... #ultrasound #POCUS ... #obstruction #abdominal
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
Incarcerated Hernia with SBO
29yo F with known hernia p/w sudden onset abdominal pain 2hrs ago. Given
with SBO 29yo ... w sudden onset abdominal ... evidence of an SBO ... #AbdominalUS #IncarceratedHernia ... #SBO #Obstruction
Complex (NOT simple) ascites on Abdominal POCUS
(very subtle intra-ascitic echoes--didn't translate to Twitter well) secondary to
simple) ascites on Abdominal ... POCUS (very subtle ... ) secondary to SBP ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #SBP
Abdominal Hernia Reduction on POCUS

The transducer is over the anterior abdomen and the peritoneal line is
Abdominal Hernia ... Reduction on POCUS ... #Reduction #POCUS ... #clinical #Abdominal ... #ultrasound
When you happen to reduce a hernia with the ultrasound probe...
#Clinical #POCUS #Abdominal #Hernia #Reduce #Reduction
happen to reduce a hernia ... with the ultrasound ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #Abdominal #Hernia ... #Reduce #Reduction
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 ... Diffuse, visceral abdominal ... hypotension • Abdominal ... #obstruction #sbo
Periumbilical Hernia Reduction under POCUS
Patient presents with abdominal pain and vomiting. What is happening in the
Reduction under ... POCUS Patient ... presents with abdominal ... #Reduction #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound