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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 ... Definitions Pathophysiology ... Etiologies: • Small ... Adiposity • Small
Strongyloides fuelleborni Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle
1) Eggs containing rhabditiform larvae passed in feces.
2) Rhabditiform larvae hatch in environment.
Parasitic Cycle ... pathways to the small ... adult female in small ... intestine 9) Parasitic ... #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Acute Diarrhea - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Watery/Large Volume (Small Bowel)
 • Viral
 • Bacterial (e.g. C peffrjngens,
Differential Diagnostic Algorithm ... /Large Volume (Small ... Yersinia) • Parasitic ... Toxins Bloody/Pain/Small ... Shigella) • Parasitic
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
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
Small Bowel Infarction - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Thankfully, bowel infarction in general is the rarest cause
Small Bowel Infarction ... cause of acute abdominal ... occurs in the small ... commonly than to the small ... SmallBowel #Infarction #pathophysiology
Intestinal Ascariasis on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Ultrasound of tubular structure with echogenic walls in dilated
Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... walls in dilated small ... Ascariasis #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #Clinical #Parasite
Strongyloides Stercoralis Lifecycle
Free-Living Cycle:
1) Rhabditiform larvae in the intestine are excreted in stool. 
2) Development into
Parasitic Cycle: ... pathways to the small ... become adults. 8) Parasitic ... adult female in small ... LifeCycle #diagnosis #pathophysiology
Liver Abscess on POCUS
24yo healthy F to ED w/rigors &DCed. 2/2 blood cx + for fusobacterium,
Liver Abscess on POCUS ... felt it was too small ... Abscess #Hepatic #POCUS ... Clinical #Ultrasound #Abdominal
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