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Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS

RUSH exam for fever, hypotension, abd pain.  You notice this in RUQ.
RUSH exam for fever ... Diagnosis? ... Answer: Large intra-abdominal ... #POCUS #ultrasound ... #clinical #Crohns
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Unprovoked ... Focal: Simple, Complex ... Encephalitis, Brain Abscess ... Hypoxia, Uremia, Liver
Chronic Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Constant / Chronic-Fleeting / Post-Prandial
Upper Quadrant:
 • Peptic ulcer disease
Chronic Abdominal ... Algorithm Constant ... Gastric cancer • Liver ... splenomegaly, abscess ... Quadrant: • Crohn
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
massiliense in CF • Cross ... Presentation: Fever ... (elevations of liver ... Manifestations: • Fever ... • Fever and weight
Causes of Petechial Rash - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Pinpoint areas (less than 2 mm) of hemorrhage, which
Algorithm Pinpoint ... Red Flags: • Fever ... Work Up: • Complete ... Skin biopsy • Abdominal ... ultrasound #
Complex Ascites on POCUS
62 yo F with rec dx colon CA s/p colectomy, liver cirrhosis w
Complex Ascites ... s/p colectomy, liver ... care center for diagnostic ... weeks ago, no fevers ... #abdominal #abscess
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... Assess functional ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal ... stratification #diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
respiratory symptoms • Fever ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... infection • Cough, fever ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess ... • Isolated fever