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Small bowel obstruction

pain in abdomen; history of previous abdominal surgery
 - Dilated bowel loops
 - multiple
Small bowel obstruction ... history of previous abdominal ... surgery - Dilated bowel ... loops - multiple air-fluid ... abdomen #Clinical #Radiology
Colonic Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal XRay - Differential Diagnosis:
 • inflammatory bowel disease: UC and CD
Thumbprint Sign on Abdominal ... • inflammatory bowel ... • infection (e.g ... #Diagnosis #radiology ... #KUB #Abdominal
Diffuse Acute Abdominal Pain (<72 hours) - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Look for surgical abdomen
Upper quadrant: R/O cardiac,
Diffuse Acute Abdominal ... Peritonitic • Bowel ... Obstruction • ... Perforation • Ruptured abdominal ... Diffuse #Acute #Abdominal
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Approach and Differential ... than one cause (e.g ... auscultatory percussion, abdominal ... Cell count and differential ... #workup #Differential
Small Bowel Obstruction
These images were recorded from an elderly lady with abdominal pain and vomiting. Small
Small Bowel Obstruction ... elderly lady with abdominal ... obstruction (SBO ... Ireland #Clinical #Radiology ... #POCUS #AbdominalUS
Small Bowel Obstruction
Visualized here are dilated loops of bowel as a result of SBO. One can
Small Bowel Obstruction ... piano sign," and abdominal ... MD #Clinical #Radiology ... #POCUS #AbdominalUS ... #SBO #Obstruction
Complex Ascites with Air Bubbles in Colonic Perforation on POCUS

Hemodynamically unstable with rigid abdomen.  Patient
Perforation on POCUS ... perforation and obstruction ... enhancement also seen = bowel ... to look for the abdominal ... #Perforation #POCUS
Abdominal Distention - Differential Diagnostic Algorithm
Ascites
Bowel Dilatation
Other Causes
Mechanical Obstruction
 • Adhesions 60%
 • Volvulus 3%
 •
Abdominal Distention ... - Differential ... Diagnostic Algorithm Ascites ... Bowel Dilatation ... Injury, Stroke) #Abdominal
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
reflection on the differential ... consequence of bowel ... peptic ulcer), bowel ... ileus), intra-abdominal ... hepatology #liver #pocus
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
- Mnemonic and Differential ... A - Abdominal ... D - Distended bowel ... loop O - Obstructive ... #Diagnosis #POCUS