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Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Small Bowel Obstruction ... (Jejunum) Visualized ... on POCUS Convex ... Criteria for SBO ... #SBO #POCUS #clinical
Plicae Circulares characteristic of small bowel are most frequent & prominent in JENUNUM on POCUS

What segment
characteristic of small ... on POCUS What ... characteristic of small ... PlicaeCirculares #SBO ... Abdominal #Ultrasound #POCUS
Football Appearance of SBO on POCUS

Dr. Meghan Herbst @EUSmkh

#SBO #POCUS #ultrasound #clinical #small #bowel #obstruction
Appearance of SBO ... on POCUS Dr. ... Herbst @EUSmkh #SBO ... #POCUS #ultrasound ... #clinical #small
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Bloating - Treatment Algorithm ... Definitions Pathophysiology ... Etiologies: • Small ... Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO ... Adiposity • Small
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
with duodenal or jejunal ... #obstruction #sbo ... #ileus #pathophysiology
Hypercalcemia of Malignancy - Pathophysiology
PTH-mediated
 • Parathyroid cancer
 • Ectopic production: Small cell lung cancer, ovarian
of Malignancy - Pathophysiology ... Ectopic production: Small ... Hypercalcemia #Malignancy #Pathophysiology ... Differential #Diagnosis #algorithm
Petechiae/Purpura - Diagnostic Algorithm. Pathophysiology: 1) Represent the passage of erythrocytes from the intravascular to extravascular
Purpura - Diagnostic Algorithm ... Pathophysiology: ... identified, other small ... Purpura #Palpable #Algorithm
Liver Abscess on POCUS
24yo healthy F to ED w/rigors &DCed. 2/2 blood cx + for fusobacterium,
Liver Abscess on POCUS ... fusobacterium, so ... felt it was too small ... Abscess #Hepatic #POCUS
Incarcerated Hernia with SBO
29yo F with known hernia p/w sudden onset abdominal pain 2hrs ago. Given
Incarcerated Hernia with SBO ... incarcerated hernia, POCUS ... evidence of an SBO ... obstructed loop of jejunum ... ValvulaeConniventes #Jejunum
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
the diagnosis of small ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #POCUS #Diagnosis