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Portal Venous Gas on POCUS

Sick hypotensive patient. Obscure diagnosis in 2 mins. Notice the portal air
on POCUS Sick ... Obscure diagnosis ... ultrasound, reverb in liver ... Air #Clinical #POCUS ... #Abdominal #Ultrasound
What the Color of Urine Can Tell You - Differential Diagnosis by Urine Color
Clear: excess water
Pale
Can Tell You - Differential ... Diagnosis by Urine ... Orange: dehydrated, liver ... Syndrome): Indwelling Catheter ... #diagnosis #causes
Peritoneal Dialysis Fluid Appearance and Color - Differential Diagnosis
 • Cloudy: Peritonitis, Intraperitoneal disease (appendicitis, cholecystitis,
Appearance and Color - Differential ... Diagnosis • Cloudy ... rupture, Adhesions, Catheter-associated ... obstruction, Trauma, Abdominal ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiologic: Contracted gall bladder in a non-fasting
Wall Thickening - Differential ... Diagnosis • Physiologic ... Contracted gall bladder ... heart failure, Liver ... #POCUS #ultrasound
Portal Hypertension Classification by site of vascular obstruction
1) Post-hepatic Post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome
2) Intrahepatic Post-sinusoidal: Veno-occlusive disease
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Portal Hypertension ... Cirrhosis, Polycystic liver ... to cirrhosis, Abdominal ... gastroenterology #diagnosis ... #differential
Causes of Portal Hypertension According to Site of Vascular Obstruction
1) Prehepatic pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis due
Causes of Portal ... to cirrhosis, Abdominal ... Cirrhosis, Polycystic liver ... portalhypertension #phtn #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
RF: neurogenic bladder ... indwelling urinary catheter ... Abdominal or flank ... producing gas in bladder ... consider KUB or abdominal
Types of Urinary Incontinence
 - Stress Incontinence - The urethral sphincter is weakened so that transient
increases in intra abdominal ... pressure raise the bladder ... The bladder is typically ... Classification #Causes #diagnosis ... #differential
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
Appearance of Liver ... , Metastasis #Liver ... Contrast #CT #MRI #POCUS ... #radiology #differential ... #diagnosis #comparison
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
Portal venous gas ... reflection on the differential ... ileus), intra-abdominal ... ultrasound #hepatology #liver ... #pocus #clinical