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Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
of bowel lumen Complete ... presents with acute abdominal ... acute or chronic abdominal ... bowel-movements (suggests complete ... light-switch pain") with complete
An example of the wall echo shadow (WES) sign. Well defined, echogenic gallbladder wall with posterior
wall echo shadow (WES ... #Clinical #POCUS ... Sign #Gallstones #Cholelithiasis
Contracted gallbladder and gallstones -> Wall (gb wall) Echo (stone) Shadow (from stone) complex aka WES
Shadow (from stone) complex ... aka WES sign. ... #gallbladder #cholelithiasis ... #WES #Complex # ... Sign #pocus #clinical
Chronic SVC Stenosis with Caudal Blood Flow of Dilated Abdominal Veins

60 y/o hx of seizures &
Flow of Dilated Abdominal ... have distended abdominal ... can also lead abdominal ... cirrhosis, venous flow was ... #abdominal #veins
Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal POCUS

Cirrhosis with fever/abd pain-?SBP. POCUS for win.  Secondary bacterial
Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal ... POCUS Cirrhosis ... POCUS for win. ... Peritonitis #SBP #Abdominal ... Pneumoperitoneum #Complex
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 ... #Complex #Sign ... #Gallstones #Cholelithiasis ... #Clinical #POCUS
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 ... of small bowel obstruction ... when compared to abdominal ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #POCUS #Diagnosis
Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Small Bowel Obstruction ... Visualized on POCUS ... #Small #Bowel #Obstruction ... #Jejunum #SBO #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #abdominal
Pediatric Acute Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Generalized/Migratory:
 • Intussusception
 • Gastroenteritis
 • Viral Illness
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Pediatric Acute Abdominal ... Ketoacidosis • Bowel Obstruction ... Hepatitis • Cholelithiasis
Intussusception on POCUS

Another toddler with abdominal pain, not an appy! This was taken in the right
Intussusception on POCUS ... Another toddler with abdominal ... This was taken in ... Intussusception #POCUS ... Clinical #Ultrasound #Abdominal