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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
Small and Large Bowel Obstruction - Differential (DISTEND HIM)

Diverticulitis 
Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s, UC) 
Surgery (adhesions)
Small and Large ... Bowel Obstruction ... gallstones Hernias ... Ischemic bowel ... #Obstruction #SBO
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
presents with acute abdominal ... acute or chronic abdominal ... Diffuse, visceral abdominal ... hypotension • Abdominal ... #obstruction #sbo
Incarcerated Scrotal Hernia causing Small Bowel Obstruction
47 yo M with scrotal swelling and vomiting -> Strangulated
causing Small Bowel ... , dilated bowel ... movement showing SBO ... #SBO #clinical ... #ultrasound #pocus
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 ... diagnosis of small bowel ... when compared to abdominal ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #POCUS #Diagnosis
Indirect Inguinal Hernia on Scrotal Ultrasound

60 yo M with abdominal pain radiating to the groin. 
Superficially
Indirect Inguinal Hernia ... 60 yo M with abdominal ... indirect inguinal hernia ... #SBO #clinical ... #ultrasound #pocus
Incarcerated Abdominal Hernia on POCUS

Incarcerated hernia causing pain; bowel obstruction causing nausea and vomiting. No additional
Incarcerated Abdominal ... Hernia on POCUS ... causing pain; bowel ... causing nausea and ... #Hernia #POCUS
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Femoral/Inguinal hernia ... • Irritable bowel ... • Inflammatory bowel ... intolerance • SIBO ... hernia • Rib
Incarcerated Hernia with SBO
29yo F with known hernia p/w sudden onset abdominal pain 2hrs ago. Given
with SBO 29yo ... w sudden onset abdominal ... incarcerated loop of bowel ... lines along the bowel ... #AbdominalUS #IncarceratedHernia
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Postinflammatory • Hernia ... : External abdominal ... perforate the bowel ... Differential #Diagnosis #SBO ... #bowel #Causes