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Diseases of the Biliary Tract
Asymptomatic gallstones - Asymptomatic
Symptomatic gallstones - Biliary pain
Cholesterolosis of gallbladder - Usually
Asymptomatic gallstones ... Cholesterolosis of gallbladder ... pain Porcelain gallbladder ... , high risk of gallbladder ... jaundice, fever; gallstone
Cholelithiasis. Note the gallstones with shadowing and normal gallbladder wall thickness #Clinical #EM #Radiology #POCUS #Cholelithiasis
Note the gallstones ... shadowing and normal gallbladder ... thickness #Clinical #EM ... Cholelithiasis #Gallstone ... #Shadowing #ALiEM
Complications of Gallstones - Cholelithiasis
1. Biliary colic
2. Cholecystitis
3. Mucocele
4. Empyema
5. Fistula
6. Perforation
7. Gallbladder carcinoma
8. Mirizzi's syndrome
9.
Complications of Gallstones ... Biliary colic 2. ... Gallbladder carcinoma ... Gallstone ileus ... Complications #Gallstones
Acute cholecystitis. Note the gallstones with shadowing, pericholecystic fluid, and thickened gallbladder wall. #Clinical #EM #Radiology
Note the gallstones ... and thickened gallbladder ... #Clinical #EM #Radiology ... PericholecysticFluid #Gallstone ... #ALiEM
Transducer positions for gallbladder scan. A: Intercostal, B: Subcostal, C: Lateral. Green line = costal margin.
positions for gallbladder ... #EM #Radiology # ... POCUS #Biliary # ... #Orientation #ALiEM
Courvoisier Sign or Courvoisier-Terrier Sign

States that in a patient with painless jaundice & an enlarged gallbladder
& an enlarged gallbladder ... unlikely to be gallstones ... pancreatic or biliary ... A gallbladder containing ... fibrosis of the gallbladder
ACLS 2015 Algorithm for Cardiac Arrest #Management #EM #Prehosp #ACLS #2015 #Algorithm #ALiEM
ACLS 2015 Algorithm ... Arrest #Management #EM ... Prehosp #ACLS #2015 #Algorithm ... #ALiEM
Jaundice - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pre-Hepatic - Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
Increased Production
 • Hemolysis
 • Ineffective Erythropoiesis
 • Hematoma
Decreased
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... on Ultrasound Biliary ... Obstruction • Gallstones ... • Biliary Stricture ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
PATIENT AGE >2 Years - Pediatric Blunt Head Trauma (PECARN Study) #Diagnosis #Management #Peds #EM #Algorithm
Management #Peds #EM ... #Algorithm #HeadTrauma ... HeadCT #PECARN #ALiEM
American Academy of Clinical Toxicology guidelines #Management #EM #Tox #Methanol #Poisoning #Algorithm #Fomepizole #ToxicAlcohol #ALiEM
guidelines #Management #EM ... Methanol #Poisoning #Algorithm ... #ToxicAlcohol #ALiEM