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Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal POCUS

Cirrhosis with fever/abd pain-?SBP. POCUS for win.  Secondary bacterial
) on Abdominal POCUS ... Note gas bubbles ... and pneumoperitoneum ... #Abdominal #POCUS ... ultrasound #Gas #Bubbles
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 ... #sbo #ileus #pathophysiology
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
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
Small Bowel Obstruction (SBO) on POCUS

This one was a closed loop obstruction. Subtle bowel wall edema
(SBO) on POCUS ... Screening with abdominal ... easy and should ... #SBO #Abdominal ... Ultrasound #clinical #POCUS
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... Distension and ... Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO ... Gastric Outlet Obstruction ... Intestinal Pseudo obstruction
US demonstrating a dilated loop of bowel with retrograde peristalsis (to and from sign or "whirling")
peristalsis (to and ... ) #Clinical #POCUS ... #Abdomen #SBO # ... SmallBowel #Obstruction
Complex Ascites with Air Bubbles in Colonic Perforation on POCUS

Hemodynamically unstable with rigid abdomen.  Patient
Ascites with Air Bubbles ... Perforation on POCUS ... obstruction. ... to look for the abdominal ... #Perforation #POCUS
To and fro or "poo and fro" of small bowel obstruction (SBO) on Point of Care
bowel obstruction ... (SBO) on Point ... Care Ultrasound (POCUS ... #Ultrasound #POCUS ... #Clinical #Abdominal
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