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Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
>10 mmHg - clinically ... significant portal HTN Signs ... of portal HTN: ascites ... portal HTN: • Ascites ... pericarditis • Budd
Diagnosis of ascites according to the serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG)
SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 - Ascitic protein
Diagnosis of ascites ... SAAG ≥ 1.1: - Ascitic ... Cirrhosis, Late Budd-Chiari ... metastases - Ascitic ... pericarditis, Early Budd-Chiari
Ascites Differential Diagnosis Table - Serum Ascites Albumin Gradient (SAAG)

SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 • Cirrhosis
 • Portal
Ascites Differential ... Table - Serum Ascites ... thrombosis • Late budd-chiari ... obstruction • Early budd-chiari ... • Pancreatic ascites
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Gastrointestinal Manifestations
 - Thrombosis of vessels in the pancreas, Vasculitis -> Acute Pancreatitis
Liver Enzymes - Budd ... Enteropathy -> Ascites ... pathophysiology #signs
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
Ascites - Diagnostic ... of patients w/ ascites ... dullness, puddle sign ... incisional). 3) Signs ... Uncomplicated ascites
Causes of Ascites - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Portal Hypertension - Prehepatic:
 • Portal vein thrombosis
 • Splenic
Causes of Ascites ... pericarditis • Budd-Chiari ... Hemoperitoneum • Chylous ascites ... amzn.to/2LmUODZ #Ascites
Causes of Ascites
Normal Peritoneum
Portal hypertension (SAAG > 1.1 g/dL)
  1. Hepatic congestionl
Causes of Ascites ... insufficiency - Budd-Chiari ... - Bile ascites ... - Nephrogenic ascites ... - Urine ascites
Clinical Examination for Liver and Biliary Diseases
1) Hands: Clubbing, Dupuytren's contracture, Leuconychia, Bruising, Flapping tremor (hepatic
Clinical Examination ... Aspiration of ascitic ... Splenornegaly, Ascites ... liver #disease #signs
Thyroid Eye Signs 
Lid Signs
    Dalrymple’s Sign: Lid Retraction.
    Von
Thyroid Eye Signs ... Lid Signs ... Dalrymple’s Sign ... Von Graefe’s Sign ... OPHTHALMOLOGY #clinical
Complex (NOT simple) ascites on Abdominal POCUS
(very subtle intra-ascitic echoes--didn't translate to Twitter well) secondary to
Complex (NOT simple) ascites ... very subtle intra-ascitic ... 869585940200796160 #Ascites ... Complex #POCUS #clinical