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Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
conniventes (“keyboard sign ... Criteria for SBO ... free fluid (tanga sign ... #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Incarcerated Abdominal Hernia on POCUS

Incarcerated hernia causing pain; bowel obstruction causing nausea and vomiting. No additional
Incarcerated Abdominal ... obstruction causing nausea ... #Incarcerated #Abdominal ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #labeled #bowel
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... patients with chronic abdominal ... • Edema • Abdominal ... AMI • PUD • Gastric ... hernia • Rib
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
Causes of Intestinal ... Postinflammatory • Hernia ... : External abdominal ... Inflammatory: Intra-abdominal ... #SBO #bowel #Causes
Indirect Inguinal Hernia on Scrotal Ultrasound

60 yo M with abdominal pain radiating to the groin. 
Superficially
Indirect Inguinal Hernia ... on Scrotal Ultrasound ... 60 yo M with abdominal ... #SBO #clinical ... #ultrasound #pocus
Small Bowel Obstruction on POCUS
73 yo F abdominal pain and vomiting. Dx made within minutes.
Small Bowel Obstruction ... POCUS 73 yo F abdominal ... "poo and fro" sign ... MaimoUltrasound #SBO ... #abdominal #ultrasound
Rare Causes of Abdominal Pain
 • Hereditary Angioneurotic Edema - Recurrent visceral that may by swelling
Rare Causes of Abdominal ... down) position • Abdominal ... extremities; ~50% abdominal ... pain • Abdominal ... #Abdominal #Pain
Gastroschisis on POCUS

Common ED complaint--VB/OB.  G1P0.  No heart tones heard so POCUS done.
Note abdominal wall ... defect with bowel ... Labeled Schematic ... Gastroschisis #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #obgyn
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
The most common causes ... more than one cause ... dullness, puddle sign ... auscultatory percussion, abdominal ... wall hernias (umbilical
Dilated Fluid-filled Stomach

SBO POCUS - dilated small bowel loops > 2.5cm, dilated fluid-filled stomach, to-and-fro or
Fluid-filled Stomach SBO ... @eabramsMD #Gastric ... Fullness #Dilated #SBO ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound ... #clinical #Stomach