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Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
of bowel lumen Complete ... presents with acute abdominal ... acute or chronic abdominal ... bowel-movements (suggests complete ... light-switch pain") with complete
Liver Abscess on POCUS Ultrasound

Fever and RUQ pain/tenderness isn't always chole. In this patient population make
POCUS Ultrasound ... Fever and RUQ ... and check for any ... This #POCUS has ... a complex cystic
Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal POCUS

Cirrhosis with fever/abd pain-?SBP. POCUS for win.  Secondary bacterial
Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal ... POCUS for win. ... Note gas bubbles and ... Peritonitis #SBP #Abdominal ... Pneumoperitoneum #Complex
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 ... of small bowel obstruction ... when compared to abdominal ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #POCUS #Diagnosis
Portal Venous Gas on Ultrasound
The most dramatic example I have seen of preterminal systemic intravascular and
intravascular and ... VenousGas #Ultrasound #Liver ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #Abdominal
Focused Assessment with Sonography for HIV/TB - The FASH Exam

The main objective of the FASH exam
detect pleural and ... effusions, enlarged abdominal ... lymph nodes, and ... liver lesions – ... #Diagnosis #POCUS
Pneumoperitoneum from perforated duodenal ulcer on RUQ POCUS

Male with severe RUQ abdominal pain. Answer in thread.
duodenal ulcer on RUQ POCUS ... with severe RUQ abdominal ... Patient had perforated ... anterior to the liver ... duodenal #ulcer #RUQ #POCUS
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
department - Mnemonic and ... Differential A - Abdominal ... bowel loop O - Obstructive ... Differential #Diagnosis #POCUS
Complex Ascites with Air Bubbles in Colonic Perforation on POCUS

Hemodynamically unstable with rigid abdomen.  Patient
Complex Ascites ... Perforation on POCUS ... obstruction. ... to look for the abdominal ... #Perforation #POCUS
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
cycle found in the liver ... peripheral lactate and ... metformin binds to complexes ... transport chain and ... Diagnosis of MALA - Abdominal