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Feedback Loop: Growth Hormone (GH)
Growth Hormone:
 • Liver -> GHR activates JAK-STAT pathway -> Incr IGF1
Growth Hormone (GH ... /Symptoms: • GH ... abn lipid • GH ... excess: - ... #FeedbackLoop #
Growth Hormone Excess - Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Acromegaly and gigantism share the same pathophysiology
time of onset of GH ... excess. ... GH excess prior ... GH excess after ... GrowthHormone #GH
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
excess occurs before ... • GH stimulates ... islet cell tumor, excess ... level (↑Sens) - GH ... (Lanreotide) ± GH
Tall Stature - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Normal Growth (BA=CA)
 • Familial Tall Stature
 • XYY Syndrome
Obese BMI
Puberty Onset • GH ... Excess • Hyperthyroidism
VExUS - Venous Excess Ultrasound Score 

The Venous Excess UltraSound (VExUS) grading system prototypes combining inferior
VExUS - Venous Excess ... The Venous Excess ... VExUS #Venous #Excess ... Congestion #Diagnosis #POCUS
The RSC-RUQ exam: a modified eFAST/ trauma US view
Modified RUQ exam for hemothorax & free fluid
side or cannot access ... Subcostal #Trauma #POCUS
Point of Care Ultrasound - Probe Movements
SWEEPING:
Here we slide the probe along a slug trail of
needling during IV access ... Motion #Ultrasound #POCUS
Normal hepatic vein Doppler Ultrasound tracing
1) a large antegrade waveform (negative velocity) noted during early and
pressure that exceeds ... tracing #diagnosis #pocus
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
that a lactate excess ... / hypoxemia -> focus
VExUS - Venous Excess Ultrasound Score 
Grade 0 - No Congestion
Grade 1 - Mild Congestion -
VExUS - Venous Excess ... VExUS #Venous #Excess ... Ultrasound #Score #POCUS