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Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
The most common causes ... more than one cause ... auscultatory percussion, abdominal ... hazy, cloudy or bloody ... Differential #Diagnosis #hepatology
Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
Dilated Abdominal ... - Direction of Blood ... determine the cause ... and direction of blood ... physicalexam #diagnosis #hepatology
Small Bowel Obstruction and Ascites on POCUS

This patient drove to the ED complaining of 2 hours
Small Bowel Obstruction ... Resolution: Nausea ... represent approx 1L of blood ... #Ascites #POCUS ... #Abdominal #clinical
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function ≥ (or possibly MELD
>20) - Obtain abdominal ... exclude other causes ... with chest x-ray, blood ... , urine and ascites ... Management #Algorithm #hepatology