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Ascites Differential Diagnosis Table - Serum Ascites Albumin Gradient (SAAG)

SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 • Cirrhosis
 • Portal
Ascites Differential ... /tamponade • IVC ... MatthewHoMD #Ascites #Differential
IVC Foreign Body seen on POCUS

IVC Ultrasound in the sagittal plane showing a foreign body in
IVC Foreign Body ... seen on POCUS IVC ... foreign body in the IVC ... Differential includes ... venous catheter, IVC
Recurrent / Breakthrough DVT During Anticoagulation

Subtherapeutic Anticoagulation
Hypercoagulable State 
 - Antithrombin deficiency 
 - Hypercoagulability ot
Congenital agenesis of IVC ... anticoagulation #hematology #differential
POCUS Algorithm for Chest Pain

Integrating POCUS in crashing chest pain is complex. Know the views that
narrowing the differential ... IVC + b-lines help
Diagnosis of ascites according to the serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG)
SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 - Ascitic protein
Budd-Chiari syndrome, IVC ... gradient #hepatology #differential
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
Hypertension - Differential ... portal vein and IVC ... #Hypertension #Differential
Negative Contrast Effect in Right Atrium - Differential Diagnosis
1. Small secundum ASD or PFO with left
Right Atrium - Differential ... Flow from IVC hampering ... Right #Atrium #RA #Differential
Cardiac Masses - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 • Myxoma
 • Papillary Fibroelastoma
 • Rhabdomyoma
 • Fibroma
 •
Cardiac Masses - Differential ... at junction of IVC ... Cardiac #Masses #Differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
Venous disease (SVC ... /IVC occlusion, ... Behcet disease) Differential
Chronic SVC Stenosis with Caudal Blood Flow of Dilated Abdominal Veins

60 y/o hx of seizures &
Chronic SVC Stenosis ... collaterals - SVC ... & IVC obstructions ... - IVC obstruction ... caudad (towards IVC