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Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Criteria for SBO ... free fluid (tanga sign ... Obstruction #Jejunum #SBO ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
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
Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy
Chronic Hypertension:
 • Guidelines as SBP ≥130 or DBP ≥ 90 mmHg
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Guidelines as SBP ... weeks gestation, SBP ... weeks gestation: SBP ... 4 hrs apart or SBP ... so have high clinical
Abdominal X-Ray Anatomy and Interpretation Checklist
 - Is there bowel dilatation, wall edema or pneumatosis?
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Abdominal X-Ray ... Anatomy and Interpretation ... interpretation #radiology ... #diagnosis #labeled ... #anatomy #clinical
Small Bowel Obstruction
These images were recorded from an elderly lady with abdominal pain and vomiting. Small
bowel obstruction (SBO ... Other signs of SBO ... Dublin, Ireland #Clinical ... #Radiology #POCUS ... #AbdominalUS #SBO
Dilated Stomach on POCUS

This coronal plane view of the stomach can be helpful in the setting
setting of an SBO ... (for diagnosis ... Gastric #POCUS #abdominal ... #clinical #anatomy ... #labeled
Chilaiditi Sign on Chest X-Ray
Anterior interposition of the colon between the hemidiaphragm and the liver.
Chilaiditi sign
hemidiaphragm and the liver ... thus important to diagnose ... it correctly so ... Chest #XRay #CXR #clinical ... #radiology
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
culture-positive SBP ... culture-positive SBP ... (fever, abdominal ... , mortality in SBP ... #Peritonitis #SBP
Small Bowel Obstruction on POCUS
73 yo F abdominal pain and vomiting. Dx made within minutes.
POCUS 73 yo F abdominal ... "poo and fro" sign ... MaimoUltrasound #SBO ... Obstruction #POCUS #clinical ... #abdominal #ultrasound
Small Bowel Obstruction
Visualized here are dilated loops of bowel as a result of SBO. One can
as a result of SBO ... ," and abdominal ... Sukh Singh, MD #Clinical ... #Radiology #POCUS ... #AbdominalUS #SBO