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Portal Venous Gas on POCUS

Sick hypotensive patient. Obscure diagnosis in 2 mins. Notice the portal air
Portal Venous Gas ... on POCUS Sick ... Notice the portal air ... ultrasound, reverb in liver ... #POCUS #Abdominal
Portal Venous Gas:
Ill-appearing elderly postop patient. Taken back to OR for ischemic bowel
Gas in the liver:
Portal Venous Gas ... bowel Gas in the liver ... Pneumobilia or Portal Venous ... #Gas #Air #POCUS ... #Liver #Ultrasound
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
Appearance of Liver ... Phase, Portal Venous ... , Metastasis #Liver ... Contrast #CT #MRI #POCUS ... #radiology #differential
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
Portal venous gas ... reflection on the differential ... ultrasound #hepatology #liver ... #pocus #clinical ... #air
Portal Hypertension Classification by site of vascular obstruction
1) Post-hepatic Post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome
2) Intrahepatic Post-sinusoidal: Veno-occlusive disease
3)
Post-sinusoidal: Veno-occlusive ... Cirrhosis, Polycystic liver ... Classification #gastroenterology ... #diagnosis #differential
Portal Venous Gas on POCUS - Pneumatosis
Patient has ischemic bowel with portal venous gas.
Both cause intrahepatic
on POCUS - Pneumatosis ... centrally located air ... result in small air ... #Pneumatosis #POCUS ... abdominal #ultrasound #Liver
Pneumobilia on Abdominal POCUS
S/P ERCP presenting with Reynolds' Pentad. Blood Cx grew GPC on Day1
Compare to
Pneumobilia on Abdominal POCUS ... Compare to portal venous ... #Pneumobilia #air ... #liver #pocus #
ECMO Troubleshooting - OnePager Summary
ECMO Emergency Protocol - Team should train/practice & have necessary supplies at
from variable venous ... than what native venous ... production (e.g. fever ... problems #diagnosis #differential ... #management #criticalcare
Hepatic Artery Calcifications on POCUS
Elderly male with abd pain/low BP. POCUS Liver TRV shown. Diagnosis?
Linear intrahepatic
POCUS Liver TRV ... portal venous gas ... tends to have air ... centrally within liver ... considered within differential
Pneumobilia on POCUS
Patient is s/p Whipple surgery and has pneumobilia.
Both cause intrahepatic branching gas pattern. Pneumobilia
Pneumobilia on POCUS ... centrally located air ... result in small air ... Mnemonic Portal venous ... abdominal #ultrasound #Liver