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Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Ileus - Pathogenesis ... and Clinical Findings ... ", no peristalsis ... with duodenal or jejunal ... ) #bowel #obstruction
Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Small Bowel Obstruction ... • alternating peristalsis ... #Obstruction #Jejunum ... #SBO #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
To and Fro Peristalsis in Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) on POCUS

SBO POCUS - dilated small bowel
To and Fro Peristalsis ... Obstruction (SBO ... #SmallBowel #Obstruction ... #SBO #Abdominal ... #Ultrasound #clinical
US demonstrating a dilated loop of bowel with retrograde peristalsis (to and from sign or "whirling")
dilated loop of bowel ... Vermeulen) #Clinical ... #POCUS #Abdomen ... #SBO #SmallBowel ... #Obstruction #Retrograde
To and Fro Peristalsis in Small Bowel Obstruction on POCUS

Dr. Stephen Alerhand @SAlerhand

#Peristalsis #SmallBowel #Obstruction #POCUS
To and Fro Peristalsis ... in Small Bowel ... Obstruction on POCUS ... #SmallBowel #Obstruction ... #POCUS #clinical
Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) on POCUS

POCUS showing dilated bowel loop (>2.5cm) with to-and-fro peristalsis significant for
Small Bowel Obstruction ... with to-and-fro peristalsis ... medcramUS #SBO #smallbowel ... #POCUS #clinical ... #abdominal
Plicae Circulares characteristic of small bowel are most frequent & prominent in JENUNUM on POCUS

What segment
characteristic of small bowel ... on POCUS What ... ; sparse in ileum ... PlicaeCirculares #SBO #Abdominal ... #clinical #jejunum
Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) on POCUS

A patient came into our ED with abdominal pain... within 5
Small Bowel Obstruction ... into our ED with abdominal ... and to-and-fro peristalsis ... @eabramsMD #SmallBowel ... #clinical #POCUS
Small Bowel Obstruction on POCUS

SBO diagnosis in minutes of patients arrival to ED, "to/fro peristalsis" (aka
Small Bowel Obstruction ... to ED, "to/fro peristalsis ... TheScanimal #Clinical ... #POCUS #AbdominalUS ... #SmallBowel
Small Bowel Obstruction on Point of Care Ultrasounds (POCUS)

"We skipped the CT and called surgery!

The back
Small Bowel Obstruction ... back and forth peristaltic ... EMT-P @MRamzyDO #SmallBowel ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound