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Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum ... Visualized on POCUS ... Criteria for SBO ... #SBO #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Plicae Circulares characteristic of small bowel are most frequent & prominent in JENUNUM on POCUS

What segment
on POCUS What ... PlicaeCirculares #SBO ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound ... #POCUS #clinical ... #jejunum
Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal POCUS

Cirrhosis with fever/abd pain-?SBP. POCUS for win.  Secondary bacterial
) on Abdominal POCUS ... SBP. ... POCUS for win. ... #Peritonitis #SBP ... #Abdominal #POCUS
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
presents with acute abdominal ... acute or chronic abdominal ... hypotension • Abdominal ... with duodenal or jejunal ... #obstruction #sbo
Incarcerated Hernia with SBO
29yo F with known hernia p/w sudden onset abdominal pain 2hrs ago. Given
Incarcerated Hernia with SBO ... w sudden onset abdominal ... obstructed loop of jejunum ... #AbdominalUS #IncarceratedHernia ... ValvulaeConniventes #Jejunum
Accuracy of abdominal ultrasound for the diagnosis of small bowel obstruction in the emergency department

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30181794

Our data
Accuracy of abdominal ... when compared to abdominal ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #POCUS #Diagnosis ... Accuracy #Testing #Abdominal
AAA Endoleak on POCUS

80 y/o w severe abdominal pain, one year after endoprosthesis stent of an
AAA Endoleak on POCUS ... 80 y/o w severe abdominal ... pain, one year ... endoprosthesis stent of an abdominal ... POCUS provides an
AAA is defined as a localized balloon-like dilatation of the abdominal aorta greater than 3cm. Risk
dilatation of the abdominal ... greater than 1cm/year ... have claimed that POCUS ... Clinical #Radiology #POCUS ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound
Gastroschisis on POCUS

Common ED complaint--VB/OB.  G1P0.  No heart tones heard so POCUS done.
Gastroschisis on POCUS ... heart tones heard so ... POCUS done. ... Note abdominal wall ... Always explain POCUS
Complex (NOT simple) ascites on Abdominal POCUS
(very subtle intra-ascitic echoes--didn't translate to Twitter well) secondary to
simple) ascites on Abdominal ... POCUS (very subtle ... ) secondary to SBP ... Ascites #Complex #POCUS ... clinical #ultrasound #SBP