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Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Management and Surveillance

- Screening should be considered for more than just men
Abdominal Aortic ... Aneurysm (AAA) ... just men > 65 who ever ... #Abdominal #Aortic ... Aorta #Vascular #Treatment
Diagnostic criteria for Neutropenic Enterocolitis (NEC)
Major Criteria:
 • Neutropenia (ANC <500 x 10^9 cells/L)
 • Bowel
30mm length) • Fever ... Criteria: • Abdominal ... analog scale) • Abdominal ... distention • Abdominal ... #oncology
Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal POCUS

Cirrhosis with fever/abd pain-?SBP. POCUS for win.  Secondary bacterial
Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal ... with fever/abd ... POCUS for win. ... Peritonitis #SBP #Abdominal ... #ultrasound #Gas
Positive FAST exam - Morrison’s Pouch

Ever so often its nice to gaze upon a crisp &
Morrison’s Pouch Ever ... got us hooked on POCUS ... pouch #Hemorrhage #pocus ... #ultrasound #clinical ... #abdominalus #trauma
Liver Abscess
•	Pyogenic abscess, accounts for 80% of abscess.
•	Amebic abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica, accounts for 10%.
•	Fungal
an occult intra‐abdominal ... • K pneumoniae ... • Fever in 90% ... & abdominal pain ... cm Continuous fever
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
cystitis, may have fever ... Abdominal or flank ... infection, such as fever ... consider KUB or abdominal ... ultrasound as initial
Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS

RUSH exam for fever, hypotension, abd pain.  You notice this in RUQ.
Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS ... RUSH exam for fever ... Answer: Large intra-abdominal ... Intraabdominal #Abscess #POCUS ... #ultrasound #clinical
Appendicitis with Appendicolith on POCUS
4 yo M with abdominal pain and fever and diffuse abdominal tenderness.
4 yo M with abdominal ... pain and fever ... and diffuse abdominal ... #clinical #abdominal ... #ultrasound #appendix
Giant AAA on POCUS

Elderly pt with abd/back pain. Stable. Has pulsatile mass on exam spans 12
Giant AAA on POCUS ... Never let giant ... #Giant #POCUS # ... clinical #ultrasound ... #abdominal #aneurysm
Tapioca Pearls (Boba) on Gastric POCUS and CT (Incidental finding)
15 y/o male with abdominal pain without
Boba) on Gastric POCUS ... y/o male with abdominal ... pain without fever ... Abdominal ultrasonography ... #CT #ultrasound