A patient with a history of recent severe ischemic stroke (occlusion of commune carotid artery). Her airways had been secured by a tracheostomy tube, and the patient has been weaned from mechanical ventilation.
PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy) tube was passed uncomplicated into the patient´s stomach 5 days ago.
Now, she has been admitted to ICU for abdominal pain for 2 days and sepsis.
POCUS of the abdomen was performed in order to find a septic focus: