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Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
Portal venous gas ... on hepatic ultrasound ... portal venous system ... traversing the portal ... UAlberta_Sono #portal
Portal Venous Gas on POCUS

Sick hypotensive patient. Obscure diagnosis in 2 mins. Notice the portal air
Portal Venous Gas ... Notice the portal ... air on ultrasound ... eabramsMD #Portal ... #Venous #Gas #Air
Portal Venous Gas:
Ill-appearing elderly postop patient. Taken back to OR for ischemic bowel
Gas in the liver:
Portal Venous Gas ... or Portal Venous ... Portal is Peripheral ... ultrasound_vcu #Portal ... #Venous #Gas #Air
Pneumobilia on Abdominal POCUS
S/P ERCP presenting with Reynolds' Pentad. Blood Cx grew GPC on Day1
Compare to
Day1 Compare to portal ... venous gas, and ... Portal is Peripheral ... #liver #pocus # ... #hepatic
Portal Venous Gas on POCUS - Pneumatosis
Patient has ischemic bowel with portal venous gas.
Both cause intrahepatic
Portal Venous Gas ... ischemic bowel with portal ... Mnemonic Portal ... RJonesSonoEM #Portal ... #Liver
Causes of Intrahepatic Gas
Non-Iatrogenic:
 • Biliary: Emphysematous cholecystitis, Ascending cholangitis, Enteric-biliary fistula, Biliary-bronchopleural fistula, Congenital incompetent
of Intrahepatic Gas ... Oddi, Trauma • Portal ... Whipple procedure • Portal ... #Intrahepatic #Gas ... #Air #Portal #Causes
Pneumobilia on POCUS
Patient is s/p Whipple surgery and has pneumobilia.
Both cause intrahepatic branching gas pattern. Pneumobilia
result in small air ... Mnemonic Portal ... peripheral Common bile ... clinical #abdominal #ultrasound ... #Liver
Hepatic Artery Calcifications mimicking portal venous gas on Liver POCUS

A 70yo male presents with abdominal pain.
mimicking portal ... venous gas on Liver ... this looked like portal ... venous gas (which ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
Hepatic Artery Calcifications on POCUS
Elderly male with abd pain/low BP. POCUS Liver TRV shown. Diagnosis?
Linear intrahepatic
POCUS Liver TRV ... portal venous gas ... tends to have air ... while portal venous ... POCUS #clinical #ultrasound
Pancreatitis management checklist 
Evaluation to guide etiology & management 
 - RUQ ultrasound 
 - Calcium
management - RUQ ultrasound ... Triglyceride level - Liver ... for septic shock ... (e.g. moderate ... of the common bile