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Hydronephrosis Grading
Grade I - Pelviectasis 
Grade II - Caliectasis (Major Calyces)
Grade III - Caliectasis (Minor Calyces)
Grade
Hydronephrosis Grading ... @Pocus101 #Hydronephrosis ... #Grading #grades
Tree analogy to classify severity of hydronephrosis.

Dr. Alan Chiem https://twitter.com/atchiem

#Diagnosis #POCUS #RenalUltrasound #Hydronephrosis #Tree #Analaogy #Severity
classify severity of hydronephrosis ... RenalUltrasound #Hydronephrosis ... Analaogy #Severity #Grading
Emergency physician interpretation of point-of-care ultrasound for identifying and grading of hydronephrosis in renal colic compared
identifying and grading ... of hydronephrosis ... VisualAbstract #POCUS #Hydronephrosis
Mild Hydronephrosis on POCUS

Be sure to add color doppler to your images to ensure that what
Mild Hydronephrosis ... seeing is in fact hydronephrosis ... @eabramsMD #Hydronephrosis ... Ultrasound #Clinical #Grading
Moderate Hydronephrosis on POCUS

Be sure to add color doppler to your images to ensure that what
Moderate Hydronephrosis ... seeing is in fact hydronephrosis ... @eabramsMD #Hydronephrosis ... Ultrasound #Clinical #Grading
Severe Hydronephrosis on POCUS

Be sure to add color doppler to your images to ensure that what
Severe Hydronephrosis ... seeing is in fact hydronephrosis ... @eabramsMD #Hydronephrosis ... Ultrasound #Clinical #Grading
Diagnosis of ascites according to the serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG)
SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 - Ascitic protein
ascites albumin gradient ... Late Budd-Chiari syndrome ... leak, Nephrotic syndrome ... ascites #albumin #gradient ... #hepatology #differential
Ascites Differential Diagnosis Table - Serum Ascites Albumin Gradient (SAAG)

SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 • Cirrhosis
 • Portal
Ascites Differential ... Ascites Albumin Gradient ... • Nephrotic syndrome ... MatthewHoMD #Ascites #Differential ... Serum #Albumin #Gradient
Approach to the A-a Gradient
A-a gradient = PAO2 - PaO2
A-a gradient = [FiO2 x (Patm -
A-a gradient = ... A-a Gradient ≤ ... Hypoventilation Syndrome ... Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... Hypoxia #hypoxemia #differential
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... (HPS) HPS-differential ... Alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient ... Hepatopulmonary #Syndrome