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Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
on POCUS Convex ... Criteria for SBO ... #Jejunum #SBO # ... POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal POCUS

Cirrhosis with fever/abd pain-?SBP. POCUS for win.  Secondary bacterial
(SBP) on Abdominal ... SBP. ... POCUS for win. ... #SBP #Abdominal ... #POCUS #clinical
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis 
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Chills 
 • Abdominal pain 
Diagnosis
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis ... Clinical • ... • Chills • Abdominal ... pain Diagnosis ... #SBP #Diagnosis
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... presents with acute abdominal ... acute or chronic abdominal ... with duodenal or jejunal ... #sbo #ileus #pathophysiology
Plicae Circulares characteristic of small bowel are most frequent & prominent in JENUNUM on POCUS

What segment
on POCUS What ... PlicaeCirculares #SBO ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound ... #POCUS #clinical ... #jejunum
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
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hernia: External abdominal ... abscess, "Starch" peritonitis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #SBO #bowel #Causes
Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) on POCUS

This one was a closed loop obstruction. Subtle bowel wall edema
(SBO) on POCUS ... Screening with abdominal ... #SBO #Abdominal ... #Ultrasound #clinical ... #POCUS
Incarcerated Hernia with SBO
29yo F with known hernia p/w sudden onset abdominal pain 2hrs ago. Given
Incarcerated Hernia with SBO ... w sudden onset abdominal ... evidence of an SBO ... /Kings County #Clinical ... #SBO #Obstruction
Small Bowel Obstruction on Abdominal Ultrasound

Dr. J. Christian Fox @jchristianfox

#SBO #SmallBowel #Obstruction #Ultrasound #POCUS #Clinical #Abdominal
Small Bowel Obstruction ... on Abdominal Ultrasound ... jchristianfox #SBO ... #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #Clinical #Abdominal