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Causes of Ascites
Normal Peritoneum
Portal hypertension (SAAG > 1.1 g/dL)
  1. Hepatic congestionl
Causes of Ascites ... > 1.1 g/dL) 1. ... of pregnancy 3. ... < 1.1 g/dL) Infections ... Mediterranean fever
Cold Urticaria
Prevalence - 0.05% in the population
Disease onset - Mostly 2nd to 4th decades of life
Causes
decades of life Causes ... and clinical associations ... Infections 2. ... Autoimmune diseases 3. ... , abdominal pain
Modified dengue severity classification, PAHO/WHO
Dengue without warning signs - DNWS:
 • Person who lives or has
days and presents fever ... and no apparent focus ... Intense abdominal ... accumulation (ascites ... , tachycardia, cold
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis
DIAGNOSTICS
Paracentesis: 
 • Calculate absolute PMN count (total WBC x PMN %)
 • Correct
if other signs (fever ... , abdominal pain ... recommended for all • HOLD ... ↓ rebleeding, infections ... dL and advanced liver
CAPD-associated peritonitis (Continuous Ambulatory Peritoneal Dialysis) - 5 Things To Know
Diagnosis (Two of the following):
(1) Clinical
following): (1) ... Clinical features ... culture Note that fever ... Gram negative (E. coli ... Conncomitant catheter infection
Clinical Presentations Suggestive of Infectious Diarrhea Etiologies
 • Persistent or chronic diarrhea - Cryptosporidium spp, Giardia
Clinical Presentations ... Yersinia, Balantidium coli ... can cause fever ... cramping lasting 1– ... diarrhea lasting 2–3
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
status NTM Cause ... patients such as: 1. ... Hematologic malignancy 3. ... (elevations of liver ... enzymes, diarrhea, abdominal
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... forms: 1) Rhinocerebral ... 2) Pulmonary 3) ... Abdominal, pelvic ... fungal stain of clinical
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
A 39-year-old ... /50 Rule (part 1) ... was placed on 3 ... consider intra-abdominal ... bleeding often from a liver