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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 ... Venous #Gas #Air #Clinical ... #POCUS #Abdominal
Algorithm for Management of Acute Exacerbation of COPD (AECOPD)

Obtain workup for alternate diagnoses and relevant comorbidities:
AECOPD) Obtain workup ... CBC, vitamin D level ... of AECOPD: • Clinical ... #Exacerbation #treatment ... #pulmonary
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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- Differential Diagnosis ... Insufficiency, Liver ... • Obstructive: Pulmonary ... Severe auto-PEEP, Abdominal ... #criticalcare #algorithm
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... triad: Fever, Arthralgia ... Differential Diaqnoses ... hepatitis • Pulmonary ... #management #treatment
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... disease - Portal ... ) on room air Treatment ... of underlying portal ... #management #treatment
Septic Arthritis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical Exam: hot, swollen, pain with passive AND active ROM
Management Summary Clinical ... active ROM +/- fever ... viral arthritis Workup ... Treatment: admission ... arthritis (therefore oral
Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia (COP)

Cryptogenic Organizing Pneumonia Overview:
 • Idiopathic form of organizing pneumonia
 • formerly BOOP
Organizing Pneumonia - Clinical ... cough, dyspnea, fever ... Organizing Pneumonia Treatment ... • Moderate: oral ... #ILD #diagnosis
Lung Abscess - Diagnosis and Management Summary

Lung Abscess Etiology:
 • Necrosis of lung parenchyma by a
Lung Abscess - Clinical ... : • 80% have fever ... decubitus - air fluid level ... - Switch to oral ... Lung #Abscess #pulmonary
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... peripheral (bronchial/abdominal ... and Workup: • ... Serum IGF-1 level ... Endocrinology #Treatment
Cyclosporiasis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Pathogen: 
 • Cyclospora cayetanensis
 • Foodborne, waterbone, and soil-transmitted.
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Transmission: • Fecal-oral ... Flatulence, Fatigue, Abdominal ... diarrhea, Low-grade fever ... routine O&P • Clinical ... #management #treatment