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Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal POCUS

Cirrhosis with fever/abd pain-?SBP. POCUS for win.  Secondary bacterial
) on Abdominal POCUS ... Diverticular abscess ... Note gas bubbles ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... #Gas #Bubbles #
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
Portal venous gas ... demonstrates hyperechoic bubbles ... ileus), intra-abdominal ... ultrasound #hepatology #liver ... #pocus #clinical
Pelvic Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS
Fever, low BP with lower abd pain x 8 days-worsening. WBC-28.9K. Pelvis
on POCUS Fever, ... low BP with lower ... appendicitis with intra-abdominal ... #POCUS #clinical ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound
Complex Ascites on POCUS
62 yo F with rec dx colon CA s/p colectomy, liver cirrhosis w
s/p colectomy, liver ... bubbles ... #SBP #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal ... #abscess
Urothelial Thickening on Renal POCUS
Teenager (female) with flank pain and fever.  POCUS to evaluate for
flank pain and fever ... for obstructive ... US commonly normal ... renal infarction/abscess ... #clinical #ultrasound
Aortic Dissection
This is the abdominal aorta in long axis. The bright line you see running through
Dissection This is the abdominal ... Ever wondered why ... we keep BP and ... @EM_RESUS #Clinical ... #POCUS #Aortic
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
five major clinical ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... fungal stain of clinical ... Increased protein level ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess
Peripelvic Cyst on Renal POCUS
60s f admitted with acute pyelonephritis, CT scan reveals no hydronephrosis/stone/abscess, continues
hydronephrosis/stone/abscess ... LFTs normal Diagnosed ... considered some kind of abscess ... , with clinical ... #kidney #clinical
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... Assess functional ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... Change in clinical ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal
Solitary Cell Plasmacytoma

What?
• Plasma cell neoplasms can present as a single lesion (solitary plasmacytoma)
• In 3%
plasmacytoma) Clinical ... mainly in the oral ... epistaxis, and nasal obstruction ... creating a “soap bubble ... bone marrow at a level