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Causes of Urinary Tract Obstruction - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Upper Tract - Bladder NOT distended on ultrasound,
Causes of Urinary ... NOT distended on ultrasound ... radiolucent on x-ray ... Posterior Urethral valves ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
Intestinal Ascariasis on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Ultrasound of tubular structure with echogenic walls in dilated
Ultrasound (POCUS ... ) Ultrasound ... lead to bowel obstruction ... (as in this case ... #POCUS #Clinical
Common Bile Duct Stone on POCUS

Here’s a similar case in a 70yo F with a remote
Here’s a similar case ... RUQ pain and an obstructive ... Choledocholithiasis #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #biliary
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
= nonspecific (nausea ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... Maternal Support - Critical ... care support, Transfer ... hepatology #obstetrics #obgyn
Differentiating NBTE from Infective Endocarditis
No pathognomonic signs/symptoms or echo features that are specific to NBTE, and
features that are ... high index of clinical ... left-sided heart valves ... in up to 30% of cases ... location, Valve destruction
Broncholithiasis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Also known as: Lung stones, pulmoliths, pneumoliths, bronchial calculi
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inflammation or obstruction ... • Broncholiths are ... Broncholithiasis - Clinical ... Diagnosis: • Chest Xray ... Noninfectious Causes
This is a parasternal long axis view of a young patient presenting with 3 days of
normal chest x-ray ... Beside ultrasound ... In this case, the ... Northwestern University #Clinical
Dilated Cystic Duct with Spiral Valves of Heister on POCUS

Older male with RUQ/midepigastric pain with jaundice.
Answer: Obstructing ... Candy cane looking ... gallstones but no obstructing ... Heister #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #biliary
Ruptured Ovarian Cyst on Pelvic Ultrasound

22 year old female w/ acute onset RLQ pain & TTP
Cyst on Pelvic Ultrasound ... though (just in case ... #Cyst #Pelvic #Ultrasound ... Transabdominal #clinical ... #gynecology #obgyn
Peripelvic Cyst on Renal POCUS
60s f admitted with acute pyelonephritis, CT scan reveals no hydronephrosis/stone/abscess, continues
and POCUS, with clinical ... pt and with X-ray ... Medicine Point of Care ... POCUS #kidney #clinical ... #ultrasound