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Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... Bloating - Treatment Algorithm ... Etiologies: • Small ... Adiposity • Small ... Testing Treatment 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 ... valvulae (confirms small ... #Jejunum #SBO #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #abdominal
Liver Abscess on POCUS
24yo healthy F to ED w/rigors &DCed. 2/2 blood cx + for fusobacterium,
Liver Abscess on POCUS ... DCed. 2/2 blood cx ... felt it was too small ... Abscess #Hepatic #POCUS ... Clinical #Ultrasound #Abdominal
Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Right Upper Quadrant Abdominal Pain

- Dr. Tom Fadial https://twitter.com/thame

#Hepatobiliary #RUQ #AbdominalPain
Upper Quadrant Abdominal ... AbdominalPain #Algorithm ... #POCUS #Ultrasound
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 ... the diagnosis of small ... when compared to abdominal ... Obstruction #SBO #POCUS ... Accuracy #Testing #Abdominal
Pneumoperitoneum - Free Air Reverberation Artifact - Abdominal A-Lines on POCUS

Don't just look for FF on
A-Lines on POCUS ... artifact with abdominal ... POCUS Dx made in ... 1 min...xr done ... #ALines #POCUS
Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) during CPR on POCUS

Still not sure about intra-arrest POCUS? Here is "just
Abdominal Aortic ... on POCUS Still ... about intra-arrest POCUS ... POCUS done with ... RJonesSonoEM #Abdominal
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Abdominal pain; ... macrophages from a small ... Disease #diagnosis #algorithm
Small Paraumbilical Hernia on POCUS

Very Obese pt with Down syndrome. Acute abdominal pain. Abdominal exam:NAD.

Dr. Mohammed
Small Paraumbilical ... Hernia on POCUS ... Acute abdominal ... Abdominal exam:NAD ... Paraumbilical #Hernia #POCUS
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
, weight loss, abdominal ... manifestations, hypoxia, CXR ... Lymph Nodes: • Small ... Leukemia (CLL) and/or Small