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Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal POCUS

Cirrhosis with fever/abd pain-?SBP. POCUS for win.  Secondary bacterial
Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP ... ) on Abdominal POCUS ... SBP. ... #Peritonitis #SBP ... #Abdominal #POCUS
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
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Guidelines as SBP ... weeks gestation: SBP ... 4 hrs apart or SBP ... Severe Features: SBP ... htn #obstetrics #cardiology
Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Visualized on POCUS ... Criteria for SBO ... Obstruction #Jejunum #SBO ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Complex (NOT simple) ascites on Abdominal POCUS
(very subtle intra-ascitic echoes--didn't translate to Twitter well) secondary to
simple) ascites on Abdominal ... POCUS (very subtle ... ) secondary to SBP ... Ascites #Complex #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #SBP
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 ... ultrasound for the diagnosis ... and discharge diagnosis ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #POCUS #Diagnosis
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis 
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Chills 
 • Abdominal pain 
Diagnosis
• Chills • Abdominal ... pain Diagnosis ... #Peritonitis #SBP ... #Diagnosis #Hepatology
Small bowel obstruction

pain in abdomen; history of previous abdominal surgery
 - Dilated bowel loops
 - multiple
history of previous abdominal ... abdomen #Clinical #Radiology ... AbdominalXRay #SBO
How to measure Pulsus Paradoxus
 - Step 1: Take a normal manual blood pressure to determine
the patient's SBP ... than their normal SBP ... pulsus paradoxus value ... Typically a value ... #instructions #cardiology
Orthostatic Hypotension - Management Algorithm
Diagnosis of Orthostatic Hypotension: 
 - Drop in SBP 20mmHg or in
Management Algorithm Diagnosis ... : - Drop in SBP ... 10mmHg, OR - SBP ... OR - upright SBP ... after a supine rest
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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- Differential Diagnosis ... SBP <90, drop in ... SBP > 40 - End-organ ... Severe auto-PEEP, Abdominal ... #Differential #Diagnosis