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Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... presents with acute abdominal ... acute or chronic abdominal ... Diffuse, visceral abdominal ... hypotension • Abdominal
Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Small Bowel Obstruction ... Visualized on POCUS ... #Jejunum #SBO #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #abdominal
Chronic SVC Stenosis with Caudal Blood Flow of Dilated Abdominal Veins

60 y/o hx of seizures &
Flow of Dilated Abdominal ... have distended abdominal ... can also lead abdominal ... #abdominal #veins ... #Clinical #Video
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
Accuracy of abdominal ... of small bowel obstruction ... when compared to abdominal ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #POCUS #Diagnosis
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... : R/O cardiac, pulmonary ... Peritonitic • Bowel Obstruction ... Perforation • Ruptured abdominal ... Diffuse #Acute #Abdominal
Celiac Artery Trunk and Branches on Abdominal POCUS

#Celiac #Artery #Trunk #Abdominal #POCUS #Anatomy #Normal #clinical #ultrasound
and Branches on Abdominal ... POCUS #Celiac ... Artery #Trunk #Abdominal ... #POCUS #Anatomy ... #Normal #clinical
Clinical Classification of Pulmonary Hypertension

1. Pulmonary arterial hypertension from pulmonary vasculopathy
Idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension
Heritable gene mutations
Clinical Classification ... Pulmonary arterial ... hypoxia Chronic obstructive ... restrictive and obstructive ... Others: tumoral obstruction
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Tachyarrhythmia Airway Obstruction ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal ... Distention Pulmonary ... • Neoplasm Pulmonary ... Vessels • Pulmonary
Sarcoidosis 
Non-caseating granulomas (Composed of T-helper & inflammatory cells) 
Clinical:
 • Disease fatal in 10% of
& inflammatory cells ... ) Clinical: ... polyarthritis • Pulmonary ... • Neurologic: Bell's ... Symptoms #Signs #Pulmonary
D-Sign of Acute Pulmonary Embolism on POCUS - Parasternal Short Axis

Acute shortness of breath with this
D-Sign of Acute Pulmonary ... Embolism on POCUS ... outflow tract obstruction ... DSign #AcutePE #Pulmonary ... #Embolism #POCUS