Ultrasound Diagnosis of Small Bowel Obstruction + Core Em Podcast On SBO

The following resources are from Core EM‘s show notes of Podcast Episode 23.0 – SBO (Small Bowel Obstruction) (8:00):

• 5 Minute Sono: Small Bowel Obstruction [Outstanding and yet another example of why every primary care clinician should develop expertise in bedside ultrasound.] Review the following resources from the above:
  • Small bowel obstruction: Diagnosis by ultrasonography
    September 10th, 2014 from Academic Life In Emergency Medicine
  • Episode 36 – Small Bowel Obstruction from Ultrasound Podcast
• EM Lyceum: GI Imaging
• FOAMCast: Episode 23 – SBO and Mesenteric Ischemia (This podcast and the show notes are also very good and needs to be reviewed.) And it features the mnemonic for intestinal obstruction “HANG IV”:
  • Hernia
  • Adhesions (most common cause)
  • Neoplasm
  • Gallstone Illeus
  • Intussception
  • Volvulus