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Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
presents with acute abdominal ... acute or chronic abdominal ... Obstipation (no flatus ... hypotension • Abdominal ... Pain: may come in
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
States that ... & an enlarged gallbladder ... cause to be an obstructing ... A gallbladder containing ... fibrosis of the gallbladder
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
acute abdomen in ... Differential A - Abdominal ... patient's volume status ... bowel loop O - Obstructive ... Differential #Diagnosis #POCUS
Gallbladder with SIN (Stone in Neck) on POCUS

Labeled Schematic: https://twitter.com/EUSmkh/status/902697803251683328

#Stone #Neck #SIN #Gallbladder #Cholelithiasis #POCUS #clinical
Gallbladder with ... SIN (Stone in Neck ... ) on POCUS Labeled ... twitter.com/EUSmkh/status ... #POCUS #clinical
Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Small Bowel Obstruction ... Visualized on POCUS ... #Small #Bowel #Obstruction ... #Jejunum #SBO #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #abdominal
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiologic: Contracted gall bladder in a non-fasting
Causes of Gallbladder ... Contracted gall bladder in ... Generalized edematous states ... MD @NephroP #Gallbladder ... Diagnosis #radiology #POCUS
Gallbladder Perforation with pericholecystic abscess on POCUS

Patient with RUQ pain/fever.  Answer in thread. holecystitis/impacted stone
Gallbladder Perforation ... pericholecystic abscess on POCUS ... twitter.com/RJonesSonoEM/status ... Cholecystitis #Gallbladder ... Cholelithiasis #POCUS
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 ... of small bowel obstruction ... in the emergency ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #POCUS #Diagnosis
Ultrasound in the Evaluation of Right Upper Quadrant Abdominal Pain

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

#Hepatobiliary #RUQ #AbdominalPain
Ultrasound in the ... Upper Quadrant Abdominal ... AbdominalPain #Algorithm ... #POCUS #Ultrasound
Stone-In-Neck Sign on Gallbladder POCUS

This 40yo F presented with R flank pain. Here is her biliary
on Gallbladder ... the neck of the gallbladder ... (SIN sign). ... #Sign #POCUS #clinical ... #abdominal #labeled