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Ascites - Diagnostic Approach and Differential Diagnosis
The most common causes: cirrhosis, malignancy and heart failure. Approx
of ascites. 2) ... auscultatory percussion, abdominal ... incisional). 3) ... Jcortesizaguirr #Ascites #workup ... Differential #Diagnosis #hepatology
Live Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal POCUS

Young female patient, severe abdominal pain. +preg test. Pelvic exam followed
patient, severe abdominal ... Live 12-week ruptured ... Pearls: #1 Confirm ... an IUP or not. #2 ... at the bedside #3
Possible Algorithm for Workup of Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO)
Tier 1 Workup:
 • CBC, comprehensive metabolic
Origin (FUO) Tier 1 ... Chest X-ray • Abdominal ... imaging Tier 2 ... geography/travel Tier 3 ... marrow, Lymph node, Liver
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... frozen serum (2) ... hyperglobulinemia (3) ... profile, including liver ... and RF (if clinical
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Mycoses HISTOPLASMOSIS ... forms: 1) Rhinocerebral ... 2) Pulmonary ... 3) Abdominal, pelvic ... Inhalation of spores
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
a triad of: 1) ... 2) pulmonary vascular ... dilatation & 3) ... of orthodeoxia CLINICAL ... cirrhosis #diagnosis #hepatology