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Pneumoperitoneum from perforated duodenal ulcer on RUQ POCUS

Male with severe RUQ abdominal pain. Answer in thread.
duodenal ulcer on RUQ ... abdominal pain. ... anterior to the liver ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #Abdominal
Bowel perforation on POCUS.

At beginning of clip, free air from a perforated viscous displaces liver from
viscous displaces liver ... pressure over RUQ ... visualization of the liver ... perforation #POCUS #Abdominal ... #clinical #ultrasound
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis and Management Summary 
Dengue Fever → Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever →Dengue Hemorrhagic Shock
Dengue Fever - Diagnosis ... Summary Dengue Fever ... Tourniquet test, Abdominal ... 7 days (Ig)M Treatment ... #microbiology #InfectiousDiseases
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Red Flags: • Fever ... genitourinary causes ... RUQ: • Biliary ... Epigastric/LUQ
Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS

RUSH exam for fever, hypotension, abd pain.  You notice this in RUQ.
RUSH exam for fever ... notice this in RUQ ... Answer: Large intra-abdominal ... Abscess #POCUS #ultrasound
Hantavirus
Pathogen: Hantavirus - Rodents are the primary reservoir
Transmission:
 • Shed in the urine, feces, saliva of
barns and lake houses ... • Prodrome: fever ... • Autopsy PCR Treatment ... diagnosis #management #treatment ... #microbiology #infectiousdiseases
Positive FAST exam - Morrison’s Pouch

Ever so often its nice to gaze upon a crisp &
Morrison’s Pouch Ever ... Hemorrhage #pocus #ultrasound ... #clinical #abdominalus ... FAST #Positive #LUQ
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
management - RUQ ... ultrasound - ... Calcium level ... - Triglyceride level ... increase the risk of abdominal
Liver Abscess
•	Pyogenic abscess, accounts for 80% of abscess.
•	Amebic abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica, accounts for 10%.
•	Fungal
the bacterial cases ... an occult intra‐abdominal ... & abdominal pain ... abscess & antibiotic treatment ... cornerstones of treatment
Visceral Leishmaniasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Species: Leishmania donovani, Leishmania infantum, Leishmania chagasi
Where: South Asia, East
2-6 months • Fever ... Lymphadenopathy, Malaise, Abdominal ... Weight Loss • Can cause ... culture, PCR, K39) Treatment ... #infectiousdiseases