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Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
 • Fever, acute onset RUQ pain,
Acute sickle cell hepatic ... crisis: • Fever ... Supportive with treatment ... crisis Acute Hepatic ... Hepatobiliary #hepatology
Suspected catheter-related bloodstream infection - Management Algorithm
 • Temperature 37.8 C   • Rigors
Hemodynamically stable ... • Persistent fever ... osteomyelitis, septic ... • Persistent fever ... after treatment
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
Contrast Enhanced Ultrasound ... #Lesions #Hepatic ... #Ultrasound #Contrast ... diagnosis #comparison #table ... #appearance #hepatology
Summary of Coagulation Deficiencies
Inherited:
 • Hemophilia A - Deficiency of Factor VIII
 • Hemophilia B -
malnutrition, Antibiotics ... Medications - Heparin ... ) • Advanced Liver ... Deficiencies #Summary #table ... comparison #diagnosis #hematology
Antibiotic Therapy for Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis  (SBP)

- Standard therapy 
- Uncomplicated SBp• 
- Nosocomial SBP
Antibiotic Therapy ... hypersensitivity - Advanced liver ... SpontaneousBacterialPeritonitis #Antibiotic ... #Regimen #Pharmacology ... #Hepatology
Liver Abscess
•	Pyogenic abscess, accounts for 80% of abscess.
•	Amebic abscess due to Entamoeba histolytica, accounts for 10%.
•	Fungal
• Right hepatic ... treatment are the ... cornerstones of treatment ... • Antibiotic ... drainage- first-line treatment
Antimicrobial Resistance Dashboard - British Columbia Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) 2016

The Antimicrobial Resistance Dashboard is
interactive cross table ... bacterial species, antibiotics ... and the level of ... showVizHome #Pharmacology ... Antimicrobial #Antibiotics
Here is a quick guide on the common direct-acting antivirals (DAAs) for chronic hepatitis C virus
DAAs #Antivirals #table ... #treatment #hcv ... infectiousdisease #hepatology ... HepatitisC #Management #Pharmacology
Anti-infective stewardship, including tips for using anti-infectives wisely, criteria for stepdown from IV to PO dosage
#pharmacology #antibiotics ... #medications #table ... #treatment #drugs
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
venous gas on hepatic ... ultrasound: A concerning ... of air in the hepatic ... portal #venousgas #ultrasound ... #hepatology #liver