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Wernicke Encephalopathy - Acute Thiamine (B1) Deficiency 
Clinical Diagnosis - Caine Criteria (2 out of 4):
B1) Deficiency Clinical ... Diagnosis - Caine Criteria ... - Cerebellar dysfunction ... encephalopathy, oculomotor dysfunction ... Deficiency #diagnosis #criteria
Myocarditis on Echocardiogram
It is always great to witness the tremendous reversal of severe biventricular dysfunction from
biventricular dysfunction ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus
Echocardiography
Right ventricular function can be assessed using several methods and echocardiography is generally the first‐line tool
Diagnosis #Cardiology #POCUS ... RightVentricular #RVDysfunction ... #Measurements #Criteria
Small Bowel Obstruction (Jejunum) Visualized on POCUS
Convex transducer viewing dilated jejunum w/ valvulae conniventes (“keyboard sign”).
Criteria
Visualized on POCUS ... Criteria for SBO ... #Jejunum #SBO #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Ebstein's Anomaly on Echocardiogram

• Failure of the TV to "de-laminate" from the RV
• An abnormality of
• Ventricular Dysfunction ... Echocardiogram #POCUS ... #clinical #cardiology
Guide to systemic mastocytosis

Criteria for diagnosis: at least 1 major and 1 minor or 3 minor
mastocytosis Criteria ... minor or 3 minor criteria ... cytopenias or meeting criteria ... without organ dysfunction ... algorithm #diagnosis #clinical
Systolic Anterior Motion (SAM) of the Mitral Valve (MV)

Systolic anterior motion (SAM) describes the dynamic movement
valve repair or dysfunction ... MV #Cardiology #Clinical ... #POCUS #CardiacMRI
SEPSIS AND SEPTIC SHOCK

DEFINITION AND PATHOPHYSIOLOGY
 • Sepsis: Life-threatening organ dysfunction due to a dysregulated host
Life-threatening organ dysfunction ... cellular/metabolic dysfunction ... /hypofunction. ... CLINICAL RECOGNITION ... CLINICAL FEATURES
Figure 53 – Longitudinal (left) and transverse (right) images from an ultrasound of the pylorus demonstrate
measurements meet the criteria ... #Clinical #POCUS
Mitral valve prolapse and mitral annulus dysjunction on Echocardiogram
(important for arrhythmic risk stratification)

Ivan Stankovic, MD, PhD
mitral annulus dysjunction ... prolapse #annulus #dysjunction ... Echocardiogram #clinical ... #cardiology #pocus