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

A -
Biliary tract D - Distended ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Ultrasound
Gangrenous cholecystitis with sloughed, intraluminal membranes on POCUS
Worsening RUQ pain/fever. Ill-appearing, low BP. WBC 22.4K. POCUS
POCUS GB done. ... Diagnosis? ... Diagnosis: Gangrenous ... GB massively distended ... #gallbladder #distended
Right Sided Heart Failure Mnemonic: "AW HEAD"
ANOREXIA & NAUSEA 

WEIGHT GAIN 

HEPATOMEGALY 

EDEMA (BIPEDAL) 

ASCITES 

DISTENDED
ASCITES DISTENDED
Causes of Urinary Tract Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Upper Tract - Bladder NOT distended on ultrasound,
- Differential Diagnosis ... - Bladder NOT distended ... Lower Tract - Distended ... #Differential #Diagnosis
High Pressure Injection Injury 

• External exam may look deceptively innocuous
• Delayed pain as inflammation sets
inflammation sets in • Distended ... HighPressure #Hand #Diagnosis
False Positive Lung Point on POCUS
Lung-Cardiac Point and Lung-Diaphragm Point
These images highlight selected differentials to pleural
Lung Point on POCUS ... This set is not intended ... False #LungPoint #POCUS ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of Pelvic Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Gastrointestinal:
 • Appendiceal abscess
 • Diverticular abscess
 • Diverticulosis
- Differential Diagnosis ... Genitourinary: • Distended ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Small and Large Bowel Obstruction - Differential (DISTEND HIM)

Diverticulitis 
Inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn’s, UC) 
Surgery (adhesions)
Differential (DISTEND ... Differential #Causes #Diagosis
Pemberton's Sign caused by a Retrosternal Thyroid Goiter

Elevating the arms causes the previously flat neck veins
veins to become distended
Causes of Urinary Incontinence - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
 - Transient - Easily reversible cause (DIAPPERS)
- Differential Diagnosis ... Incontinence - Distended ... #Differential #Diagnosis