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Common Biliary Diseases seen in the Emergency Room - Comparison Table:

Clinical Features, Labs, Imaging and Treatment

#Diagnosis
Emergency Room - Comparison ... Table: Clinical ... Features, Labs, Imaging ... and Treatment ... #Diagnosis #Management
Natural history
Aneurysms may progress in size as a result of gradual wall weakening [6], with rupture
increases when AAA ... cm in men [7] (Table ... Table 1: Annual ... Guidelines for the treatment ... 37:1106-1117 #Management
Aortoenteric Fistula - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology:
• Uncommon but life-threatening
• Most common site of bowel connection
Diagnosis and Management ... triad: Bleeding, abdominal ... , and palpable abdominal ... compression of AAA ... first-line study - If negative
Emphysematous Cystitis
Epidemiology:
 • Usually middle-aged diabetic women
 • Other RF: neurogenic bladder, urinary tract outlet obstruction,
Abdominal or flank ... Diagnosis: • Imaging ... ultrasound as initial ... imaging in patients ... data • Early treatment
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
pANCA anti-MPO - Negative ... Usual therapeutic management ... druginduced #lupus #sle #comparison ... #table #rheumatology ... #diagnosis #management
Giant AAA on POCUS

Elderly pt with abd/back pain. Stable. Has pulsatile mass on exam spans 12
Giant AAA on POCUS ... Stable. ... No PMH or prior imaging ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound ... #abdominal #aneurysm
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
Imaging and more ... importantly, bedside ultrasound ... have achieved negative ... differential #algorithm #management ... #table #foamed
Histiocytosis - Langerhans cell histiocytosis (LCH), Erdheim-Chester disease (ECD), Rosai-Dorfman disease (RDD)
Comparison of Features by Age,
disease (RDD) Comparison ... node involvement, Imaging ... Histology and Treatment ... #table #features ... #management #LCH
GRACE-2 Guidelines for Low-Risk, Recurrent Abdominal Pain in the ED

1) Should adult ED patients with low-risk,
[CTAP] after a negative ... in whom repeat imaging ... pain with a negative ... ultrasound? ... Emergency #diagnosis #management
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
Diagnosis and Management ... Needle-shaped, negatively ... Nonspecific findings Imaging ... not possible • Ultrasound ... Gout #diagnosis #management