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Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... presents with acute abdominal ... acute or chronic abdominal ... hypotension • Abdominal ... percussion • Nausea
Chronic SVC Stenosis with Caudal Blood Flow of Dilated Abdominal Veins

60 y/o hx of seizures &
Flow of Dilated Abdominal ... have distended abdominal ... What is the cause ... Normal venous flow ... #Clinical #Video
Celiac Artery Trunk and Branches on Abdominal POCUS

#Celiac #Artery #Trunk #Abdominal #POCUS #Anatomy #Normal #clinical #ultrasound
and Branches on Abdominal ... POCUS #Celiac ... Artery #Trunk #Abdominal ... #POCUS #Anatomy ... #Normal #clinical
Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
Dilated Abdominal ... determine the cause ... • Normal veins ... : The normal physiology ... #comparison #abdominal
Causes of Congenital Anomalies - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malformation
 • Embryonic development failure or inadequacy (often multifactorial)
Deformation
Causes of Congenital ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Disruption • Destruction ... of previously normal ... #Causes #Peds #
Causes of Ascites - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Portal Hypertension - Prehepatic:
 • Portal vein thrombosis
 • Splenic
Causes of Ascites ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Sinusoidal obstruction ... Inferior vena cava obstruction ... #Hepatology #causes
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Differential Diagnostic Algorithm ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... Peritonitic • Bowel Obstruction ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Small Bowel Obstruction ... Visualized on POCUS ... #Jejunum #SBO #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #abdominal
Hypotension / Shock Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic:
 • Poor oral intake
 • Hemorrhage
 • Renal loss
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hypovolemic: • Poor oral ... ventricular outflow obstruction ... Dysautonomia Obstructive ... #shock #causes
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm ... osmolarity If cause ... hypovolaemia and obstruction ... investigations depending on clinical ... renal biopsy • Abdominal