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Causes of Ascites - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Portal Hypertension - Prehepatic:
 • Portal vein thrombosis
 • Splenic
Causes of Ascites ... - Differential ... Splenic vein thrombosis ... disease • Acute liver ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Hepatology
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
 •
Transaminitis - Differential ... Trauma: Shock liver ... , Portal vein thrombosis ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #hepatology
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
Hypertension - Differential ... and hepatorenal syndrome ... sarcoidosis) • Liver ... thrombosis • ... #hepatology
Causes of Portal Hypertension According to Site of Vascular Obstruction
1) Prehepatic pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis due
pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein ... thrombosis due ... Cirrhosis, Polycystic liver ... post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome ... #hepatology
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiologic: Contracted gall bladder in a non-fasting
Causes of Gallbladder ... heart failure, Liver ... cirrhosis, Nephrotic syndrome ... Adenomyomatosis, Cystic vein ... #ultrasound
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Causes of Acute ... Liver Injury - Differential ... obstruction, HELLP Syndrome ... Vasculature • Hepatic Vein ... Acute #algorithm #hepatology
Right Internal Jugular Vein Thrombosis on POCUS

The right internal jugular vein is viewed on ultrasound demonstrating
Thrombosis on POCUS ... is viewed on ultrasound ... A differential diagnosis ... #Thrombosis #Venous ... #POCUS #clinical
Hematuria - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Gross Hematuria: Red/Dark urine
 • 1ml blood/liter urine can induce color change
Hematuria - Differential ... • 1ml blood/liter ... HTN • Renal vein ... thrombosis • ... of left renal vein
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
- Differential ... • Nephrotic Syndrome ... , Ischemic Liver ... coagulation and other causes ... #differential #
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
reflection on the differential ... traversing the portal vein ... variety of other causes ... #hepatology #liver ... #pocus #clinical