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Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
transducer viewing dilated ... Criteria for SBO ... Obstruction #Jejunum #SBO ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #abdominal
Dilated Fluid-filled Stomach

SBO POCUS - dilated small bowel loops > 2.5cm, dilated fluid-filled stomach, to-and-fro or
Stomach SBO ... POCUS - dilated ... @eabramsMD #Gastric ... #SBO #Abdominal ... #Ultrasound #clinical
Functional Dyspepsia - Signs, Symptoms and Pathophysiology
Delayed gastric emptying - Postprandial fullness, nausea, vomiting
Hypersensitivity to gastric
Pathophysiology Delayed ... gastric emptying ... Hypersensitivity to gastric ... hypersensitivity - Nausea ... postprandial fullness, abdominal
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
, Distributive Shock ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... • Neurogenic Bladder ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
• Hypotension: SBP ... <90, SBP drop >40 ... Mental Status (SBP ... Setup - Ultrasound ... Distended neck veins, dilated
Types of Urinary Incontinence
 - Stress Incontinence - The urethral sphincter is weakened so that transient
sphincter is weakened so ... increases in intra abdominal ... pressure raise the bladder ... The bladder is typically ... Classification #Causes
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... Consider cardiac causes ... genitourinary causes ... AMI • PUD • Gastric ... intolerance • SIBO
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
presents with acute abdominal ... pain and related ... acute or chronic abdominal ... percussion • Nausea ... #obstruction #sbo
G-tube stuck in the abdominal wall on POCUS Ultrasound
Also in the underrated, not typically taught, but
G-tube stuck in ... the abdominal wall ... on POCUS Ultrasound ... helpful POCUS uses ... #gastric
Dilated Stomach on POCUS

This coronal plane view of the stomach can be helpful in the setting
Dilated Stomach ... setting of an SBO ... Herbst @EUSmkh #Dilated ... #Stomach #Gastric ... #POCUS #abdominal