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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 ... hypotension • Abdominal ... sounds (ileus) • Abdomen ... percussion • Nausea
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Differential Diagnostic Algorithm ... Look for surgical abdomen ... musculoskeletal causes ... genitourinary causes ... Peritonitic • Bowel Obstruction
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... Bloating - Treatment Algorithm ... Gastric Outlet Obstruction ... Intestinal Pseudo obstruction ... Functional Bloating • Abdomino-phrenic
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic ... approach to acute abdomen ... Differential A - Abdominal ... bowel loop O - Obstructive ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Ultrasound
Chronic SVC Stenosis with Caudal Blood Flow of Dilated Abdominal Veins

60 y/o hx of seizures &
Flow of Dilated Abdominal ... have distended abdominal ... What is the cause ... venous flow in the abdomen ... #abdominal #veins
Causes of Urinary Tract Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Upper Tract - Bladder NOT distended on ultrasound,
Causes of Urinary ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... NOT distended on ultrasound ... Distended bladder on ultrasound ... #Causes #Urology
Inhaled Foreign Body Management

Abdominal thrusts using the Heimlich 
manoeuvre in older children to expel an inhaled
Body Management Abdominal ... against the child's abdomen ... thrust into the abdomen ... as they may cause ... Pediatrics #Airway #Obstruction
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
disease - Renal ultrasound ... Duplex Doppler ultrasound ... ; MRA; abdominal ... • Obstructive ... or MRI scan of abdomen
Causes of Chronic Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pericardial
 • Effusion
 • Cardiac Tamponade*
 • Constriction
Myocardial
 •
Causes of Chronic ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Tachyarrhythmia Airway Obstruction ... Kyphoscoliosis • Abdominal ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... hypoperfusion Post-Renal (Obstruction ... Family history, ultrasound ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes