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Ascites - Workup and Management

#Ascites #Workup #Diagnosis #Management #SAAG #Evaluation #SBP #Hepatology
Ascites - Workup ... and Management ... #Ascites #Workup ... #Diagnosis #Management ... Evaluation #SBP #Hepatology
Management and Complications of Cirrhosis and Ascites

Ascites Workup Algorithm
Ascites Management
Refractory Ascites
Hyponatremia
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP)
Hepatic Hydrothorax
AKI in
Management and Complications ... Ascites Workup ... Management Refractory ... Complications #diagnosis #management ... gastroenterology #hepatology
Venous Thromboembolism Treatment Algorithm
Branch points: 
Active bleeding?  Active malignancy? Provoked?

- Dr. Joseph Shatzel
@Clotmaster

#Management #VTE #DVT
Venous Thromboembolism ... Active malignancy ... @Clotmaster #Management ... DVT #Algorithm #Venous ... Thromboembolism #Treatment #Hematology
Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
causes: cirrhosis, malignancy ... disease: Cirrhosis, Malignancy ... concentration (malignancy ... #workup #Differential ... #Diagnosis #hepatology
Approach to the Hypercoagulable State
Arterial thromboembolism
→ Cardiac rhythm monitoring, Echocardiogram, Vascular imaging
→ Test for APS, particularly
history of prior venous ... trauma, active malignancy ... an established malignancy ... - No other workup ... Hypercoagulable #Workup
Treatment Algorithm for First Time DVT
 • Provoked
 • Unprovoked
 • Active Malignancy

By Carlin Rooke, MD.

#DVT
Unprovoked • Active Malignancy ... Treatment #Algorithm #management ... #hematology #VTE ... #thrombosis #venous
Treatment Algorithm for First Time Pulmonary Embolism
 • Provoked
 • Unprovoked
 • Active Malignancy

By Carlin Rooke,
Unprovoked • Active Malignancy ... Treatment #Algorithm #management ... #hematology #VTE ... #thrombosis #venous
Causes of Arterial and Venous Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STRUCTURAL:
 - PFO: paradoxical emboli
 - Popliteal
of Arterial and Venous ... arterial clot, venous ... compression and DVT MALIGNANCY ... thrombosis and other sites ... Diagnosis #clots #hematology
Causes of Ascites
Normal Peritoneum
Portal hypertension (SAAG > 1.1 g/dL)
  1. Hepatic congestionl
Causes of Ascites ... syndrome - Veno-occlusive ... - Bile ascites ... HIV-associated peritonitis Malignant ... #differential #hepatology
Ascites Management Principles
Low Salt Diet - 2000 Mg Sodium
Fluid Restriction - Never
Work-horse Diuretic - Aldosterone Antagonist
Combination
Ascites Management ... Restriction - Never Work-horse ... @ebtapper #Ascites ... #Management #cirrhosis ... #hepatology