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Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Small Bowel Obstruction ... Criteria for SBO ... #Obstruction #Jejunum ... #SBO #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... acute or chronic abdominal ... with duodenal or jejunal ... ) #bowel #obstruction ... #sbo #ileus #pathophysiology
Plicae Circulares characteristic of small bowel are most frequent & prominent in JENUNUM on POCUS

What segment
of duodenum Labeled ... PlicaeCirculares #SBO ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound ... #POCUS #clinical ... #jejunum
Incarcerated Abdominal Hernia on POCUS

Incarcerated hernia causing pain; bowel obstruction causing nausea and vomiting. No additional
Incarcerated Abdominal ... causing pain; bowel ... obstruction causing ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #labeled #bowel
Incarcerated Hernia with SBO
29yo F with known hernia p/w sudden onset abdominal pain 2hrs ago. Given
w sudden onset abdominal ... pain 2hrs ago. ... lines along the bowel ... /Kings County #Clinical ... #SBO #Obstruction
Small bowel obstruction

pain in abdomen; history of previous abdominal surgery
 - Dilated bowel loops
 - multiple
Small bowel obstruction ... pain in abdomen ... history of previous abdominal ... the abdomen #Clinical ... AbdominalXRay #SBO
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pain Surgical ... - Intestinal obstruction ... - Inguinal hernia ... - Inflammatory bowel ... #Causes #Differential
Causes of Intestinal Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis
Lesions Extrinsic to the Intestinal Wall:
 • Adhesions: Postoperative, Congenital,
- Differential ... Postinflammatory • Hernia ... : External abdominal ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #SBO #
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... • Intestinal obstruction ... Femoral/Inguinal hernia ... hernia • Rib ... #Causes #Differential
Femoral Hernia resulting in SBO

A 55yo F with no surgical history presents with abdominal pain and
in SBO A 55yo ... pain and vomiting ... #SBO #clinical ... ultrasound #POCUS #obstruction ... #abdominal