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Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal POCUS

Cirrhosis with fever/abd pain-?SBP. POCUS for win.  Secondary bacterial
) on Abdominal POCUS ... Note gas bubbles ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... ultrasound #Gas #Bubbles ... Pneumoperitoneum #Complex #Ascites
Complex (NOT simple) ascites on Abdominal POCUS
(very subtle intra-ascitic echoes--didn't translate to Twitter well) secondary to
Complex (NOT simple) ascites ... on Abdominal POCUS ... very subtle intra-ascitic ... ) secondary to SBP ... #Complex #POCUS
Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Visualized on POCUS ... Criteria for SBO ... Obstruction #Jejunum #SBO ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Complex Ascites with Air Bubbles in Colonic Perforation on POCUS

Hemodynamically unstable with rigid abdomen.  Patient
with Air Bubbles ... Perforation on POCUS ... enhancement also seen = bowel ... to look for the abdominal ... #Perforation #POCUS
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... Small Intestinal Bowel ... Overgrowth (SIBO ... Obstruction • Ascites ... • Irritable Bowel
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 ... diagnosis of small bowel ... when compared to abdominal ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #POCUS #Diagnosis
Small Bowel Obstruction and Ascites on POCUS

- Pitt Internal Medicine Point of Care Ultrasound @PittIMPOCUS

#SmallBowel #Obstruction
Small Bowel Obstruction ... and Ascites on ... POCUS - Pitt ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #sbo
Small Bowel Obstruction and Ascites on POCUS

This patient drove to the ED complaining of 2 hours
Small Bowel Obstruction ... POCUS This patient ... loop of small bowel ... the ED), c/w an SBO ... #POCUS #Abdominal
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
demonstrates hyperechoic bubbles ... consequence of bowel ... peptic ulcer), bowel ... ileus), intra-abdominal ... hepatology #liver #pocus
Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) on POCUS

This one was a closed loop obstruction. Subtle bowel wall edema
Small Bowel Obstruction ... (SBO) on POCUS ... Subtle bowel wall ... Screening with abdominal ... #clinical #POCUS