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Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
factor for HIV, HCV ... : INR/PT, aPTT(liver ... changes), high MCV ... anemia (vegan, gastric ... bypass), LFT (liver
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiologic: Contracted gall bladder in a non-fasting
Causes of Gallbladder ... heart failure, Liver ... Diagnosis #radiology #POCUS ... #ultrasound
Pneumoperitoneum from perforated duodenal ulcer on RUQ POCUS

Male with severe RUQ abdominal pain. Answer in thread.
duodenal ulcer on RUQ POCUS ... anterior to the liver ... as shown in the case ... duodenal #ulcer #RUQ #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
gas on hepatic ultrasound ... variety of other causes ... portal #venousgas #ultrasound ... #hepatology #liver ... #pocus #clinical
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
glucose by the liver ... contribution of liver ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... Hypovolemia - LV ... mellitus/DKA - Liver
Confirmation of G-tube replacement on POCUS
 - POCUS (2 min) vs x-ray gastrograffin injection (2 hrs).
replacement on POCUS ... - POCUS (2 min ... ) vs x-ray gastrograffin ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #gastric #stomach
Gastric Rupture on Positive RUQ FAST Exam

Bike vs Car.  Bicyclist hits anterior torso on mailbox.
Gastric Rupture ... RJonesSonoEM #Gastric ... Positive #Abdominal #POCUS ... #clinical #ultrasound ... #Liver #Trauma
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
normal chest x-ray ... Beside ultrasound ... In this case, the ... EM #Radiology #POCUS
G-tube stuck in the abdominal wall on POCUS Ultrasound
Also in the underrated, not typically taught, but
abdominal wall on POCUS ... Ultrasound Also ... taught, but helpful POCUS ... uses: troubleshooting ... #Ultrasound #gastric
Post-Arrest Liver Laceration on POCUS
Liver laceration can occur secondarily to chest compressions. Delays in detecting post-arrest
Post-Arrest Liver ... Laceration on POCUS ... towards cardiac causes ... Laceration #cpr #POCUS ... clinical #trauma #ultrasound