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Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Liver:
 - Infectious: Acute viral hepatitis, Liver abscess
 - Non-infectious: hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications),
Quadrant Pain Liver ... viral hepatitis, Liver ... Medications), Hepatic ... #RUQ #Pain # ... differential #diagnosis
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
ALP) Elevation - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Highest • Bone • Liver ... symptoms - Pain -> RUQ ... elevation DDX of Hepatic
Causes of Intrahepatic Gas
Non-Iatrogenic:
 • Biliary: Emphysematous cholecystitis, Ascending cholangitis, Enteric-biliary fistula, Biliary-bronchopleural fistula, Congenital incompetent
• Parenchymal: Hepatic ... abscess, Complicated ... Artery Embolization ... Portal #Causes #differential ... #diagnosis
Adrenal hematoma/hemorrhage on FAST exam

Adult male with RUQ/side pain after MVC. Transient prehospital hypotension.  Has
Adrenal hematoma ... Adult male with RUQ ... /side pain after ... Diagnosis/differential ... Labeled Schematic
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Injury: • Hepatic ... artery: Shock liver ... hemolysis, bleeding, hematoma
Hepatic Artery Calcifications on POCUS
Elderly male with abd pain/low BP. POCUS Liver TRV shown. Diagnosis?
Linear intrahepatic
Hepatic Artery Calcifications ... POCUS Liver TRV ... Diagnosis? ... considered within differential ... #ultrasound #RUQ
Pyogenic liver abscess in children
Common bacterial causes in children:
 • S.aureus
 • Strep spp
 • Enteric
Pyogenic liver abscess ... ) • Biliary tree ... through: - Hepatic ... artery (e.g., endocarditis ... #diagnosis #hepatology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Pain Causes - Differential ... genitourinary causes RUQ ... : • Biliary colic ... • Splenomegaly/Abscess ... poisoning • Celiac artery
Signs and Symptoms Associated With Different Headache Etiologies
 • Nonfocal mental status changes - Meningitis, encephalitis,
closure glaucoma • Enlarged ... aneurysm, bleed, abscess ... deficits - Cervical artery ... symptoms #clues #differential ... #diagnosis