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Causes of Urinary Tract Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Upper Tract - Bladder NOT distended on ultrasound,
Urinary Tract Obstruction ... - Bladder NOT distended ... Ureteropelvic junction obstruction ... Lower Tract - Distended ... Urethral valves #Obstruction
Chronic SVC Stenosis with Caudal Blood Flow of Dilated Abdominal Veins

60 y/o hx of seizures &
found to have distended ... site of venous obstruction ... - SVC & IVC obstructions ... - IVC obstruction ... a possible SVC obstruction
Small and Large Bowel Obstruction - Differential (DISTEND HIM)

Diverticulitis 
Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s, UC) 
Surgery (adhesions)
and Large Bowel Obstruction ... Differential (DISTEND ... #Large #Bowel #Obstruction
Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
• IVC Obstruction ... • SVC Obstruction ... & upper thorax distend ... - If obstruction ... abdominal veins also distend
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
Biliary tract D - Distended ... bowel loop O - Obstructive
Nasogastric Tube and Fluid Filled Stomach on Gastric POCUS

Phased array transducer in subxiphoid position (epigastrium, footprint
Distended fluid ... supports small bowel obstruction
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
Incontinence - Distended ... Bladder Outlet Obstruction
Gallbladder Distension on POCUS

Gallbladder viewed in long-axis plane (sagittal on body).
Normal gallbladder dimensions are up to
indicate a stone obstructing ... Gallbladder #Distension #Distended
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
cause to be an obstructing ... then unable to distend
Shock - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Hypotension: SBP<90, SBP drop >40, MAP<65 (Normotension, HTN possible
and Reverse • Obstructive ... Shock - Distended