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Secondary Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal POCUS

Cirrhosis with fever/abd pain-?SBP. POCUS for win.  Secondary bacterial
Peritonitis (SBP) on Abdominal ... Cirrhosis with fever ... /abd pain-? ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... Pneumoperitoneum #Complex #Ascites
Acute and Chronic Causes of Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis
Pulmonary/Chest Wall:
 • Acute: Trauma, COPD exacerbation, Asthma
Differential Diagnosis Pulmonary ... Pleural effusion, Pulmonary ... : • Acute: Ascites ... process • Chronic: Ascites ... poisoning, DKA, Fever
Intraabdominal Abscess on POCUS

RUSH exam for fever, hypotension, abd pain.  You notice this in RUQ.
RUSH exam for fever ... pain. ... Answer: Large intra-abdominal ... hx of Crohn's disease ... Abscess #POCUS #ultrasound
Acid Base Disorders - Blood Gas Interpretation

Steps for Blood Gas Interpretation: 
1. Acidemia or Alkalemia? 
2.
Acute or chronic ... Hyperventilation (Anxiety, pain ... , fever, hypoxia ... Classically” noted with pulmonary ... restrictive lung disease
Complex Ascites on POCUS
62 yo F with rec dx colon CA s/p colectomy, liver cirrhosis w
s/p colectomy, liver ... presents with abd ... pain + distention ... weeks ago, no fevers ... #abdominal #abscess
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
respiratory symptoms • Fever ... 3) Abdominal, ... infection • Cough, fever ... , chest pain • ... • Isolated fever
Soil Related Infections - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Mechanism Of Infection:
 • Wound
 • GI: Ingestion, MUD, Contaminated
sardonic" smile, abdominal ... and paralysis, acute ... disease • Aspergillus ... dyspnea, possible fever ... Coccidioidomycosis ("Valley Fever
Leukemias Overview: ALL, CML, AML, APML, CLL

Acute leukemias > 20% blasts in the peripheral blood smear
extramedullary disease ... Philadelphia - BCR-ABL ... , fever, joint pain ... , weight loss, abdominal ... Lymphadenopathy • HSM • Fevers
Preoperative Risk Evaluation

Major Pre-Op Questions:
1. Does the patient have any modifiable risk factors that could be
or family - Ever ... murmur 3/6) - Pulmonary ... event, follow ACC algorithm ... days before Pulmonary ... undergoing AAA or upper abdominal