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POCUS Stewardship
Right Indication - Right Interpretation -Right Integration
Indication → Pre-test Probability → Spectrum of Disease →
→ Spectrum of Disease ... Likelihood Ratio Step 1: ... Clinical Indication ... Step 2: Pre-test ... #ultrasound #management
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
symptoms/signs ... presence of metabolic syndrome ... disease; AST, aspartate ... disease; T2DM, ... type 2 diabetes
Renal Cell Carcinoma (RCC) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Clinical features - Classic triad (flank pain, hematuria,
Diagnosis and Management ... Summary Clinical ... Budd Chiari syndrome ... initial test: abdominal ... RCC #Diagnosis #Management
Portal Hypertension Classification by site of vascular obstruction
1) Post-hepatic Post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome
2) Intrahepatic Post-sinusoidal: Veno-occlusive disease
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vascular obstruction 1) ... Post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome ... 2) Intrahepatic ... Cirrhosis, Polycystic liver ... Classification #gastroenterology
Clinical Examination for Liver and Biliary Diseases
1) Hands: Clubbing, Dupuytren's contracture, Leuconychia, Bruising, Flapping tremor (hepatic
Clinical Examination ... for Liver and Biliary ... Diseases 1) Hands ... Palmar erythema 2) ... #disease #signs
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome
HPS - Diagnosis:
 1. Patients with liver disease
 2. Alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient (AaP02) >15 mmHg
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... - Diagnosis: 1. ... Patients with liver ... disease 2. ... #diagnosis #management
Whipple Disease (Tropheryma whipplei) - Diagnosis and Management 

Caused by: Tropheryma whipplei

Symptoms and Signs:
1. Migratory poly/oligoarthralgia
Whipple Disease ... Diagnosis and Management ... Symptoms and Signs ... : 1. ... oligoarthralgia (80%) 2.
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... Acute Retroviral Syndrome ... Hepatomegaly - Liver ... subset counts ↓ • Liver ... ART to slow HIV disease
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
vein: Budd-chiari syndrome ... - Half-life: 1 ... extrahepatic source - Tests ... disease: > 2 ... • Gilbert's syndrome
Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) - Diagnosis and Workup Summary
Use a positive diagnostic strategy with minimal testing.
Irritable Bowel Syndrome ... the following: 1. ... cultures, but test ... Rule out celiac disease ... Balloon Expulsion Test