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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 ... SBP. ... POCUS for win. ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... Pneumoperitoneum #Complex
Complex (NOT simple) ascites on Abdominal POCUS
(very subtle intra-ascitic echoes--didn't translate to Twitter well) secondary to
Complex (NOT simple ... ) ascites on Abdominal ... POCUS (very subtle ... 869585940200796160 #Ascites #Complex ... #POCUS #clinical
Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Visualized on POCUS ... Criteria for SBO ... Obstruction #Jejunum #SBO ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
of bowel lumen Complete ... bowel-movements (suggests complete ... Pain: may come in ... light-switch pain") with complete ... #obstruction #sbo
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 ... bowel obstruction in ... when compared to abdominal ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #POCUS #Diagnosis
Contracted gallbladder and gallstones -> Wall (gb wall) Echo (stone) Shadow (from stone) complex aka WES
Contracted gallbladder ... Shadow (from stone) complex ... 846787466292088833 #gallbladder ... cholelithiasis #WES #Complex ... #Sign #pocus #clinical
Stone-In-Neck Sign on Gallbladder POCUS

This 40yo F presented with R flank pain. Here is her biliary
on Gallbladder ... the neck of the gallbladder ... #Sign #POCUS #clinical ... #gallbladder #ultrasound ... #abdominal #labeled
Wall Echo Shadow Complex (WES) on Gallbladder Ultrasound

Medical student: “I couldn’t find the gallbladder. I looked
Wall Echo Shadow Complex ... (WES) on Gallbladder ... WallEchoShadow #WES #Complex ... #Sign #Gallstones ... Cholelithiasis #Clinical #POCUS
Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) on POCUS

This one was a closed loop obstruction. Subtle bowel wall edema
Bowel Obstruction (SBO ... ) on POCUS This ... standard of care in ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #clinical #POCUS
Stone-In-Neck Sign on POCUS

A patient presents with abdominal pain and tenderness over this area. The scan
on POCUS A patient ... presents with abdominal ... #Sign #POCUS #clinical ... #gallbladder #ultrasound ... #abdominal #labeled