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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 ... Pneumobilia or Portal ... Portal is Peripheral ... ultrasound_vcu #Portal ... #Venous #Gas #Air
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
Appearance of Liver ... Arterial Phase, Portal ... precontrast, T1 portal ... phase, T1 portal ... arterial phase, Portal
VExUS - Venous Excess Ultrasound Score 

The Venous Excess UltraSound (VExUS) grading system prototypes combining inferior
waveform of the portal ... , hepatic and interlobular ... Hepatic Doppler ... still toward the liver ... Portal Doppler is
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 Ascites
Normal Peritoneum
Portal hypertension (SAAG > 1.1 g/dL)
  1. Hepatic congestionl
Peritoneum Portal ... syndrome - Veno-occlusive ... Liver disease ... - Acute fatty liver ... Portal vein occlusion
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
Causes of Intrahepatic Gas
Non-Iatrogenic:
 • Biliary: Emphysematous cholecystitis, Ascending cholangitis, Enteric-biliary fistula, Biliary-bronchopleural fistula, Congenital incompetent
Oddi, Trauma • Portal ... Whipple procedure • Portal ... enema, Central venous ... Intrahepatic #Gas #Air ... #Portal #Causes