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Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Pregnancy (AFLP) Pathophysiology ... nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... infiltration) Differential ... age • Monitor and ... diagnosis #management #pathophysiology
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Management of Abdominal ... Distension and ... Bloating - Treatment ... Definitions Pathophysiology ... Testing Treatment
Small Bowel Infarction - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Thankfully, bowel infarction in general is the rarest cause
- Pathogenesis and ... cause of acute abdominal ... from the Superior and ... #SmallBowel #Infarction ... #pathophysiology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... Insufficiency, Liver ... Severe auto-PEEP, Abdominal ... Dehydration Shock Treatment ... criticalcare #algorithm #treatment
Portal Venous Gas on Ultrasound
The most dramatic example I have seen of preterminal systemic intravascular and
intravascular and ... VenousGas #Ultrasound #Liver ... #POCUS #Clinical ... #Abdominal
Focused Assessment with Sonography for HIV/TB - The FASH Exam

The main objective of the FASH exam
detect pleural and ... effusions, enlarged abdominal ... lymph nodes, and ... liver lesions – ... #Diagnosis #POCUS
Pneumoperitoneum from perforated duodenal ulcer on RUQ POCUS

Male with severe RUQ abdominal pain. Answer in thread.
duodenal ulcer on RUQ POCUS ... with severe RUQ abdominal ... Patient had perforated ... anterior to the liver ... duodenal #ulcer #RUQ #POCUS
Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
 • Fever, acute onset RUQ pain,
pain, jaundice and ... Supportive with treatment ... progressing to acute liver ... Liver transplant ... hepatology #hepatitis #differential
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
reflection on the differential ... ileus), intra-abdominal ... investigations and ... ultrasound #hepatology #liver ... #pocus #clinical
Heat Illnesses and Heat Stroke - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Heat Cramps:
 • Muscle pain or spasm -
Heat Stroke - Differential ... Muscles, Kidneys, Liver ... Collapse: • Pathophysiology ... - Headache - Abdominal ... heat #illness #differential