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Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
on hepatic ultrasound ... reflection on the differential ... ileus), intra-abdominal ... #hepatology #liver ... #pocus #clinical
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... infiltration) Differential ... Maternal Support - Critical ... #Pregnancy #hepatology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... /or suspicious clinical ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound ... #Algorithm #Hepatology ... #Differential #
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Diagnosis and Management ... absence of intrinsic lung ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... on radioactive lung ... #treatment #hepatology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... • Chronic lung ... disease • Liver ... levels are within normal ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Hematologic malignancy ... (elevations of liver ... enzymes, diarrhea, abdominal ... Disease: • Clinical ... NTM #Infections #differential
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... Behcet disease) Differential ... • Nonsurgical abdominal ... Syndrome #diagnosis #management
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Chest X-ray and lung ... ultrasound (exclude ... other lung disease ... Phos), CBC with differential ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... GH stimulates liver ... peripheral (bronchial/abdominal ... Differential Diagnosis ... IGF-1 equivocal: Oral
Sarcoidosis - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Epidemiology
1) High incidence in Scandinavian countries (11-24 cases per 100,000 individuals
Diagnosis and Management ... granulomas within the lungs ... renal failure Clinical ... anterior/posterior MSK ... heart (2-5%), liver