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Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Wilson disease Congestive ... chronic passive congestion
Medications Used in Congestive Heart Failure

In CHF, the heart is failing as a pump; cardiac output
Medications Used in Congestive ... CHF also causes congestion ... Medications #Action #Congestive
VExUS - Venous Excess Ultrasound Score 

The Venous Excess UltraSound (VExUS) grading system prototypes combining inferior
VExUS - Venous Excess ... Excess UltraSound (VExUS ... 020-00163-w #VExUS ... Score #Scale #IVC #Congestion
Flowchart to diuretic use in acute heart failure.

(A) Congestion with volume overload. 

(B) Treatment algorithm after
(A) Congestion with ... resolution of congestion ... CHF #Algorithm #Congestive
Blanching Spider Angioma (Nevus) on Physical Exam

#Spider #Angioma #nevus #telangiectasia #PhysicalExam #clinical #video #dermatology #skin #blanching
Spider Angioma (Nevus ... Spider #Angioma #nevus
Blue nevus 
 - Dark blue-gray macule or papule 
 - Well-circumscribed 
 - Melanin localized
Blue nevus - Dark ... scalp #Blue #Nevus
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
Hypovolemia • Congestion ... Differential #Diagnosis #nephrology
Becker Nevus: Benign idiopathic condition with characteristic pebbling of the skin and hair growth within the
Becker Nevus: Benign ... SkinRash #Becker #Nevus
Mechanisms of nephron damage in cardiorenal syndrome
 • Increased renal interstitial pressure
 • Hypoperfusion
 • Reduced
CVP • Venous congestion ... pathophysiology #nephrology
VExUS - Venous Excess Ultrasound Score 
Grade 0 - No Congestion
Grade 1 - Mild Congestion -
VExUS - Venous Excess ... Grade 0 - No Congestion ... Grade 1 - Mild Congestion ... Grade 3 - Severe Congestion ... NephroPOCUS @NephroP #VExUS