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Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
Dilated Abdominal ... Normal veins: Umbilicus ... anterior chest wall & abdominal ... #physicalexam #diagnosis ... #comparison #abdominal
Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Small Bowel Obstruction ... Visualized on POCUS ... Criteria for SBO ... #Jejunum #SBO # ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Proximal SBO on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) secondary to strangulated umbilical hernia

The happiest strangulated umbilical
Proximal SBO on ... Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... #Proximal #SBO ... #Obstruction #Ultrasound ... #POCUS #Hernia
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
ultrasound for the diagnosis ... of small bowel obstruction ... and discharge diagnosis ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #POCUS #Diagnosis
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Arrhythmia • Obstructive ... Severe auto-PEEP, Abdominal ... #Differential #Diagnosis
An intuitive way to use ultrasound to evaluate sick patients along the peri-shock to full shock
along the peri-shock ... to full shock spectrum ... #Diagnosis #POCUS ... #Cardiogenic #Obstructive ... #Shock
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO ... Gastric Outlet Obstruction ... Intestinal Pseudo obstruction ... Dyssynergia Diagnostics ... Bloating #Management #Diagnosis
Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) on POCUS

This one was a closed loop obstruction. Subtle bowel wall edema
Small Bowel Obstruction ... (SBO) on POCUS ... Screening with abdominal ... #SBO #Abdominal ... Ultrasound #clinical #POCUS
Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock Classification ... and Differential Diagnosis ... SHOCK • MAP ... Myocarditis, Arrhythmia Obstructive ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Portal Hypertension According to Site of Vascular Obstruction
1) Prehepatic pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis due
Site of Vascular Obstruction ... due to sepsis (umbilical ... to cirrhosis, Abdominal ... #differential #diagnosis