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Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
Dilated Abdominal ... determine the cause ... • Normal veins ... : The normal physiology ... #diagnosis #hepatology
Chronic SVC Stenosis with Caudal Blood Flow of Dilated Abdominal Veins

60 y/o hx of seizures &
of Dilated Abdominal ... What is the cause ... Attention to the direction ... Normal venous flow ... - Portal HTN-
Pulse Abnormalities - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unequal/DeIayed:
 • Obstructive arterial disease (ie. Atherosclerosis)
 • Aortic dissection
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Takayasu disease • Normal ... Pulsus tardus (delayed ... /slow upstroke) ... #Algorithm #causes
Pulmonary Pathology and Associated Lung Ultrasound Findings
Pneumothorax:
 - No lung sliding/barcode sign
 - Lung point (hard
Associated Lung Ultrasound ... pleura in severe cases ... A-Lines - Deep Vein ... #differential #diagnosis ... #signs #Lung #POCUS
Normal hepatic vein Doppler Ultrasound tracing
1) a large antegrade waveform (negative velocity) noted during early and
Normal hepatic vein ... Doppler Ultrasound ... thus leading to flow ... #tracing #diagnosis ... #pocus
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) in HIV-AIDS Patients
Cytomegalovirus (CMV): double-stranded DNA virus, herpesvirus family.
CMV infection: virus isolation or detection
virus isolation or detection ... Suspect these CMV-related ... Retinitis (Most common cause ... Liver: Hepatitis, Portal ... vein thrombosis
USMLE Epidemiology and Biostatistics Summary
Meta-Analysis: pools data from several studies (greater power), limited by quality/bias of
prevalence is low ... incidence in acute dz Normal ... Lead-time bias: early detection ... but not on the causal ... #calculations #diagnosis