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Positive FAST exam - Morrison’s Pouch

Ever so often its nice to gaze upon a crisp &
Positive FAST exam ... crisp & clean positive ... #clinical #abdominalus ... #trauma #FAST # ... Positive #LUQ
Approaching a Difficult Colonoscopy - Scoping Summary
Risk factors for failed C-scope:
 • Incr Age
 • Female
Approaching a Difficult Colonoscopy ... rate • Fewer position ... Water assisted colonoscopy ... straightening devices and position ... time • Less position
Hemothorax - Thoracic ultrasound in trauma
False positive for consolidated lung- organized clot in pleural space after
Hemothorax - Thoracic ultrasound ... in trauma False ... positive for consolidated ... Hemothorax #Thoracic #ultrasound ... #trauma #pulmonary
Chronic Diarrhea - Workup
Osmotic:
 • Consider food diary and trial avoiding certain foods or meds, Consider
intolerance suspected, Colonoscopy ... performed, may show melanosis ... EGD +/- ERCP +/- colonoscopy ... ), Abdominal imaging ... (CT, ultrasound
Positive LUQ on FAST Exam - Rupture Spleen

POCUS pearl: the splenorenal ligament tethers the spleen and
Positive LUQ on ... FAST Exam - Rupture ... #FAST #Exam #Positive ... Spleen #clinical #trauma ... #ultrasound #splenic
Positive LUQ Fast Exam

Martial arts kicked in abd; +echogenic material LUQ;VSS, CT: Mod ascites w thickened
Positive LUQ Fast ... ExLap: ruptured ... jchristianfox #FAST #Positive ... #clinical #abdominalus ... #trauma #exam
Gastric Rupture on Positive RUQ FAST Exam

Bike vs Car.  Bicyclist hits anterior torso on mailbox.
on Positive RUQ ... fluid in this positive ... RUQ #FAST #Exam #Positive ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... #Liver #Trauma
Free Fluid in Morison's Pouch - Abdominal POCUS

Transducer is on the right midaxillary line w/ indicator
Morison's Pouch - Abdominal ... blunt/penetrating trauma ... , aneurysm rupture ... Morisons #Pouch #Abdominal ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
Causes of Polycythemia (Erythrocytosis) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Relative - Normal RBC Mass / Decreased Plasma Volume
Idiopathic JAK-2 Positive ... 90%, Abnormal Abdominal ... Ultrasound High ... determination, Smoking, positive
Adrenal hematoma/hemorrhage on FAST exam

Adult male with RUQ/side pain after MVC. Transient prehospital hypotension.  Has
No other intra-abdominal ... hemorrhage #FAST #Positive ... #trauma #clinical ... #ultrasound