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ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
A - Abdominal ... C - Collapsed inferior ... bowel loop O - Obstructive ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Ultrasound
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... (<72 hours) - Differential ... Look for surgical abdomen ... Peritonitic • Bowel Obstruction ... #Pain #Differential
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... Gastric Outlet Obstruction ... Intestinal Pseudo obstruction ... Functional Bloating • Abdomino-phrenic ... Distension #Bloating #Management
Inhaled Foreign Body Management

Abdominal thrusts using the Heimlich 
manoeuvre in older children to expel an inhaled
Inhaled Foreign Body Management ... against the child's abdomen ... thrust into the abdomen ... Pediatrics #Airway #Obstruction ... #ForeignBody #Management
Portal Hypertension Classification by site of vascular obstruction
1) Post-hepatic Post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome
2) Intrahepatic Post-sinusoidal: Veno-occlusive disease
3)
Portal Hypertension Classification ... site of vascular obstruction ... to cirrhosis, Abdominal ... #Hypertension #Classification ... gastroenterology #diagnosis #differential
Complex Ascites with Air Bubbles in Colonic Perforation on POCUS

Hemodynamically unstable with rigid abdomen.  Patient
unstable with rigid abdomen ... abdomen. ... perforation and obstruction ... to look for the abdominal ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
POCUS - Regional Anesthesia - Trunk Local Nerve Block

 - Thoracic Paravertebral
 - Erector Spinae
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Surgery - Serratus Anterior ... - Transversus Abdominis ... Plane #Management ... Blocks #POCUS #Ultrasound
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
post-ATN, post-obstructive ... surgical (burns, open abdomen ... #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential ... #causes #classification
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis and Screening Testing
Common causes: 
 • Renal parenchymal disease
Hypertension - Differential ... disease - Renal ultrasound ... ; MRA; abdominal ... • Obstructive ... or MRI scan of abdomen
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
post-ATN, post-obstructive ... surgical (burns, open abdomen ... #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential ... #causes #classification