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Peritoneal Dialysis Fluid Appearance and Color - Differential Diagnosis
 • Cloudy: Peritonitis, Intraperitoneal disease (appendicitis, cholecystitis,
Appearance and Color ... - Differential Diagnosis ... eosinophils) • Bloody (hemoperitoneum ... obstruction, Trauma, Abdominal ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Antibiotics for Intraabdominal Infection. 
Use your local antimicrobial susceptibility data for selecting the best empiric treatment!
Antibiotics for ... AAST 2021 global clinical ... patients with intra-abdominal ... #antibiogram #antibiotics ... infectiousdiseases #management #pharmacology
Clinical Examination for Liver and Biliary Diseases
1) Hands: Clubbing, Dupuytren's contracture, Leuconychia, Bruising, Flapping tremor (hepatic
Clinical Examination ... Aspiration of ascitic ... fluid, Dilated abdominal ... Splenornegaly, Ascites ... disease #signs #diagnosis
Campylobacter
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Abdominal pain 
 • Diarrhea (bloody stools) 
 • Vomiting
Campylobacter Clinical ... • Fever • Abdominal ... self-limited) • Antibiotics ... Campylobacter #Diagnosis
Complex Ascites with Air Bubbles in Colonic Perforation on POCUS

Hemodynamically unstable with rigid abdomen.  Patient
Complex Ascites ... presentation of colon ... CA with colon perforation ... to look for the abdominal ... Perforation #POCUS #clinical
For my UME micro course, I made a figure that captures this terminology and lets learners
the spectrum of clinically ... arrange all the clinically ... does not equal clinical ... use, I’ve color ... #antibiogram #pharmacology
Small Bowel Infarction - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Thankfully, bowel infarction in general is the rarest cause
Pathogenesis and Clinical ... cause of acute abdominal ... perfusion to the colon ... perfusion to the colon ... pathophysiology #diagnosis
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
Bacterial Peritonitis DIAGNOSTICS ... by inoculating ascitic ... signs (fever, abdominal ... improved outcomes 1) Antibiotics ... Peritonitis #SBP #diagnosis
Heart failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction (HFrEF)
Clinical Presentation
1. Typical symptoms: dyspnea, orthopnea paroxysmal noctumal dyspnea, fatigue,
Fraction (HFrEF) Clinical ... Symptoms: cough, abdominal ... distension, wheeze, abdominal ... peripheral edema, ascites ... un lymphatic Diagnostic
Small Bowel Obstruction and Ascites on POCUS

This patient drove to the ED complaining of 2 hours
Obstruction and Ascites ... amount of FF(not hemoperitoneum ... the setting of ascites ... #POCUS #Abdominal ... #clinical #ultrasound