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Positive FAST exam - Morrison’s Pouch

Ever so often its nice to gaze upon a crisp &
Positive FAST exam ... Pouch Ever so ... pocus #ultrasound #clinical ... #abdominalus #trauma ... #FAST #Positive
Ruptured Ectopic Pregnancy on Pelvic Ultrasound
25 y/o f w acute abd pain and vaginal bleeding. Upreg
for Free Fluid: FAST ... useful in non-trauma ... Pelvic #Ultrasound #clinical ... obgyn #gynecology #labeled
Adrenal hematoma/hemorrhage on FAST exam

Adult male with RUQ/side pain after MVC. Transient prehospital hypotension.  Has
/hemorrhage on FAST ... No other intra-abdominal ... Labeled Schematic ... #Positive #trauma ... #clinical #ultrasound
Free Air at the Peritoneal Line on POCUS

Chief Complaint: "my girl stabbed me"

Labeled Diagram: https://twitter.com/EUSmkh/status/752864010337415169

- Dr.
stabbed me" Labeled ... EUSmkh #FreeAir #Abdominal ... POCUS #Ultrasound #Clinical ... Intraabdominal #Trauma
Pneumoperitoneum - Free Air Reverberation Artifact - Abdominal A-Lines on POCUS

Don't just look for FF on
Reverberation Artifact - Abdominal ... look for FF on fast ... artifact with abdominal ... made in 1 min...xr ... ALines #POCUS #clinical
Complex (NOT simple) ascites on Abdominal POCUS
(very subtle intra-ascitic echoes--didn't translate to Twitter well) secondary to
simple) ascites on Abdominal ... ) secondary to SBP ... Labeled Schematic ... Complex #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #SBP
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis 
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Chills 
 • Abdominal pain 
Diagnosis
Peritonitis Clinical ... • Chills • Abdominal ... stain/culture Management ... #Peritonitis #SBP
Acute Appendicitis on POCUS

A linear transducer is over anterior RLQ.  Noncompressible fluid-filled structure >6mm +
structure >6mm + hot fat ... Appendicitis #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal ... #labeled
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... AP, ↑INR, ↑BUN/Cr ... Intrahepatic Cholestasis Management ... Maternal Support - Critical ... obgyn #diagnosis #management
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
GAIS/SIS-E/WSIS/AAST ... 2021 global clinical ... patients with intra-abdominal ... infectiousdiseases #management