Great case of the week from Yale EM Ultrasound. This is a great POCUS education site.
Yale case of the week! 77yo s/p surgery with abdominal pain and distension – not subtle but quick diagnosis… #POCUS @yaleem2 pic.twitter.com/pi2tatxK7E
— Yale EM Ultrasound (@Yale_EUS) January 10, 2017
Hyperactive, dilated small bowel loops with free intraperitoneal fluid. (c.f. paralytic ileus where bowel loops are dilated but static)