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ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

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ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic ... approach to acute abdomen ... Differential A - Abdominal ... bowel loop O - Obstructive ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Ultrasound
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... Gastric Outlet Obstruction ... Intestinal Pseudo obstruction ... Functional Bloating • Abdomino-phrenic ... Distension #Bloating #Management
Inhaled Foreign Body Management

Abdominal thrusts using the Heimlich 
manoeuvre in older children to expel an inhaled
Inhaled Foreign Body Management ... against the child's abdomen ... thrust into the abdomen ... Pediatrics #Airway #Obstruction ... #ForeignBody #Management
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
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
urinary tract outlet obstruction ... Abdominal or flank ... consider KUB or abdominal ... ultrasound as initial ... also important Management
Complex Ascites with Air Bubbles in Colonic Perforation on POCUS

Hemodynamically unstable with rigid abdomen.  Patient
unstable with rigid abdomen ... toward the anterior abdomen ... perforation and obstruction ... to look for the abdominal ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
Small Bowel Obstruction on POCUS

This 28yo female with history of Crohn's disease presents with abdominal pain,
Small Bowel Obstruction ... presents with abdominal ... vomiting, which she reports ... Here is her ultrasound ... #POCUS #Abdominal
GRACE-2 Guidelines for Low-Risk, Recurrent Abdominal Pain in the ED

1) Should adult ED patients with low-risk,
Low-Risk, Recurrent Abdominal ... receive a repeat CT abdomen-pelvis ... ultrasound? ... against routine ultrasound ... Emergency #diagnosis #management