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Common Bile Duct (CBD) on Abdominal Ultrasound

The key to finding CBD is to look anteriorly to
Common Bile Duct (CBD ... ) on Abdominal Ultrasound ... key to finding CBD ... the PV is the CBD ... CommonBileDuct #clinical #ultrasound
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
presents with acute abdominal ... Incomplete obstructions can ... acute or chronic abdominal ... in waves. and can ... obstruction #sbo #ileus #pathophysiology
Pneumoperitoneum from perforated duodenal ulcer on RUQ POCUS

Male with severe RUQ abdominal pain. Answer in thread.
with severe RUQ abdominal ... Patient had perforated ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #Abdominal
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Pregnancy (AFLP) Pathophysiology ... nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... diagnosis #management #pathophysiology
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
Abdominal or flank ... Pathophysiology: ... Coli, but can also ... consider KUB or abdominal ... ultrasound as initial
Ruptured Tubal Ectopic Pregnancy on Pelvic Ultrasound

Young female.  Lower abdominal pain/VB.  UCG pos. Soft
Pregnancy on Pelvic Ultrasound ... Lower abdominal ... Patient had ruptured ... Pregnancy #Pelvis #Ultrasound
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
gas on hepatic ultrasound ... In adults, this can ... ileus), intra-abdominal ... referral, but notably can ... portal #venousgas #ultrasound
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
Diagnosis and Pathophysiology ... systolic hypertension had ... Worse outcomes in CKD ... Syndrome • Blunt Abdominal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Pathophysiology
Cullen's sign. Lipase 1,781. Bruising in the skin around the umbilicus. This sign is named after
pancreatitis but can ... pancreas or other abdominal ... layers of the abdominal ... Pathophysiology: ... indicates intra-abdominal
Varicocele: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
Primary:
 - Anatomically: the left spermatic vein drains into the left renal
left renal vein can ... pinched by the abdominal ... venous distention can ... Small varicoceles can ... #Varicocele #Pathophysiology