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Gastric Rupture on Positive RUQ FAST Exam

Bike vs Car.  Bicyclist hits anterior torso on mailbox.
on Positive RUQ ... FAST Exam Bike ... #Rupture #RUQ # ... FAST #Exam #Positive ... #Abdominal #POCUS
Positive FAST exam - Morrison’s Pouch

Ever so often its nice to gaze upon a crisp &
Positive FAST exam ... got us hooked on POCUS ... ultrasound #clinical #abdominalus ... #trauma #FAST # ... Positive #LUQ
Pneumoperitoneum from perforated duodenal ulcer on RUQ POCUS

Male with severe RUQ abdominal pain. Answer in thread.
duodenal ulcer on RUQ ... POCUS Male with ... severe RUQ abdominal ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #Abdominal
Perforated Gastric Ulcer on Abdominal POCUS
Not all FASTs are simple. Take a look at this! There
Ulcer on Abdominal ... POCUS Not all ... FASTs are simple ... layering fluid in the LUQ ... In this case, the
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... genitourinary causes ... RUQ: • Biliary ... Epigastric/LUQ ... AMI • PUD • Gastric
Acute Appendicitis on POCUS

A linear transducer is over anterior RLQ.  Noncompressible fluid-filled structure >6mm +
Appendicitis on POCUS ... over anterior RLQ ... structure >6mm + hot fat ... #Appendicitis #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #abdominal
Inhaled Foreign Body Management

Abdominal thrusts using the Heimlich 
manoeuvre in older children to expel an inhaled
Inhaled Foreign Body Management ... Abdominal thrusts ... formed into a fist ... as they may cause ... #ForeignBody #Management
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... associated with mild gastric ... pain • Abdominal ... symptoms • Hernias - Past ... radicular pain #Rare #Causes
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Chronic Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Exclude:
1. Causes of acute diarrhea
2. Lactose intolerance
3.
Causes of acute ... Previous gastric ... , quantitative fat ... Normal fecal fat ... Chronic #Diarrhea #management
Acute Appendicitis on POCUS (Linear Probe) 

30M with generalized abd pain for past day. Looks uncomfortable;
Appendicitis on POCUS ... ttp, more so in RLQ ... Curved probe for FAST ... #Appendicitis #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #adominal