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Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
reflection on the differential ... variety of other causes ... #hepatology #liver ... #pocus #clinical ... #air
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 ... Pleural air would ... duodenal #ulcer #RUQ #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
= nonspecific (nausea ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... infiltration) Differential ... Maternal Support - Critical ... #Pregnancy #hepatology
Pneumobilia on POCUS
Patient is s/p Whipple surgery and has pneumobilia.
Both cause intrahepatic branching gas pattern. Pneumobilia
Pneumobilia on POCUS ... Both cause intrahepatic ... result in small air ... #clinical #abdominal ... #ultrasound #Liver
Portal Venous Gas on POCUS - Pneumatosis
Patient has ischemic bowel with portal venous gas.
Both cause intrahepatic
Venous Gas on POCUS ... Both cause intrahepatic ... result in small air ... #clinical #abdominal ... #ultrasound #Liver
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... size, coarsening facial ... hyperhidrosis, hair ... GH stimulates liver ... Differential Diagnosis
Necrotizing Fasciitis on POCUS
I was presented a patient with an "abscess". This is why we #POCUS.
This ultrasound ... shows air in the ... POCUS saves lives ... limbs in this case ... #clinical #ultrasound
Hepatic Artery Calcifications on POCUS
Elderly male with abd pain/low BP. POCUS Liver TRV shown. Diagnosis?
Linear intrahepatic
POCUS Liver TRV ... tends to have air ... considered within differential ... Note on the axial ... #clinical #ultrasound
Beaver Tail Liver - Enlarged Left Lobe of the Liver on POCUS
LUQ trauma case.  Rollover
on POCUS LUQ trauma ... case. ... Subcapsular hematoma ... Enlarged #LeftLobe #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
Diagnosis (Clinical ... Normal kidney ultrasound ... formerly Type 2): • Gradual ... Hepatorenal #Syndrome #Hepatology ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis