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Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
, Kidneys, Liver ... Rhabdomyolysis - AKI - Liver ... Collapse: • Pathophysiology ... tissue damage (AKI, Liver ... differential #diagnosis #causes
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... Pregnancy (AFLP) Pathophysiology ... = nonspecific (nausea ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... diagnosis #management #pathophysiology
TISSUE APPEARANCES ON 
MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND 

Bone:
 
Bone is represented as a very bright structure and appears
MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND ... Muscle: Muscle ... Nerve: Ultrasound ... MUSCULOSKELETAL #MSK ... #POCUS #Atlas #
Nutrition in Cirrhosis: Dos and Don’ts
Screening:
 • Patients at risk for RFH-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool
 • Low
) • Advanced liver ... ultrasound) • ... nutrition in chronic liver ... patients with liver ... management #hepatology #pathophysiology
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiologic: Contracted gall bladder in a non-fasting
Causes of Gallbladder ... heart failure, Liver ... Diagnosis #radiology #POCUS ... #ultrasound
Pneumoperitoneum from perforated duodenal ulcer on RUQ POCUS

Male with severe RUQ abdominal pain. Answer in thread.
duodenal ulcer on RUQ POCUS ... anterior to the liver ... as shown in the case ... duodenal #ulcer #RUQ #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
gas on hepatic ultrasound ... variety of other causes ... portal #venousgas #ultrasound ... #hepatology #liver ... #pocus #clinical
Clostridial myonecrosis of deltoid muscle on POCUS

Right shoulder pain case.  Diabetic male with nontraumatic shoulder
myonecrosis of deltoid muscle ... on POCUS Right ... shoulder pain case ... #POCUS #clinical ... #MSK #ultrasound
Clostridial myonecrosis of deltoid muscle on POCUS

Right shoulder pain case.  Diabetic male with nontraumatic shoulder
myonecrosis of deltoid muscle ... on POCUS Right ... shoulder pain case ... #POCUS #clinical ... #MSK #ultrasound
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
glucose by the liver ... contribution of liver ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... asthma - accessory muscle ... mellitus/DKA - Liver