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Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal POCUS

Cirrhosis with fever/abd pain-?SBP. POCUS for win.  Secondary bacterial
Peritonitis (SBP ... ) on Abdominal POCUS ... #Peritonitis #SBP ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... Pneumoperitoneum #Complex #Ascites
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
Peritonitis DIAGNOSTICS ... signs (fever, abdominal ... #Peritonitis #SBP ... #diagnosis #management ... #prophylaxis #treatment
Small Bowel Obstruction and Ascites on POCUS

This patient drove to the ED complaining of 2 hours
on POCUS This ... Resolution: Nausea ... #SmallBowel #Obstruction ... #Ascites #POCUS ... #Abdominal #clinical
Echogenic Ascites in SBP on POCUS
RUQ FF in a pt w/ spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. The fluid
Echogenic Ascites ... in SBP on POCUS ... w/ spontaneous bacterial ... peritonitis. ... #SBP #POCUS #abdominal
Complex Ascites on POCUS
62 yo F with rec dx colon CA s/p colectomy, liver cirrhosis w
on POCUS 62 yo ... care center for diagnostic ... bright white gas bubbles ... #POCUS #SBP #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Small Bowel Obstruction on POCUS

This 28yo female with history of Crohn's disease presents with abdominal pain,
presents with abdominal ... pain, nausea, and ... , diagnosed with ... #SBO #SmallBowel ... #Abdominal #clinical
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
patient’s absolute SBP ... Stroke Volume / Arterial ... disorders - Chronic pulmonary ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal ... Infarction • Pulmonary
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
/ hypoxemia -> focus ... before beginning treatment ... output - Acute pulmonary ... - Sepsis - Bacterial ... peritonitis
Abdominal Compartment Syndrome & Intrabdominal Pressure Measurement
APP (Abdominal Perfusion Pressure) = MAP (Mean Arterial Pressure) -
Abdominal Compartment ... long standing ascites ... after previous treatment ... POCUS) and function ... #Instructions #diagnosis