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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) ... #signs #diagnosis
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... ) Differential Diagnosis ... age • Monitor and ... #Pregnancy #hepatology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Areas of diagnostic ... disease; T2DM, type 2 ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound ... Abnormal #Algorithm #Hepatology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Live Ectopic Pregnancy on Transvaginal POCUS

Young female patient, severe abdominal pain. +preg test. Pelvic exam followed
patient, severe abdominal ... (see below for diagnosis ... an IUP or not. #2 ... Transvaginal #Pelvic #Ultrasound ... #POCUS #clinical
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
the setting of liver ... anatomic shunt (Type 2) ... Clinical Presentation ... with or without cirrhosis ... management #treatment #hepatology
Small Bowel Obstruction on POCUS

This 28yo female with history of Crohn's disease presents with abdominal pain,
presents with abdominal ... for this SBO, diagnosed ... small bowel), 2) ... #SBO #SmallBowel ... #clinical #ultrasound
Complex Ascites on POCUS
62 yo F with rec dx colon CA s/p colectomy, liver cirrhosis w
s/p colectomy, liver ... cirrhosis w ascites ... care center for diagnostic ... Ascites #POCUS #SBP #clinical ... #ultrasound #abdominal
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
disease: cirrhosis ... Diagnosis (Clinical ... Normal kidney ultrasound ... - Salt and ... Hepatorenal #Syndrome #Hepatology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
• Cytopenia: 2% ... salivary ducts Clinical ... myelopathy, cranial nerve ... vasculitis: 10%-16% Liver ... primary biliary cirrhosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... Rhinocerebral 2) ... Pulmonary 3) Abdominal ... fungal stain of clinical ... , neutropenia, cirrhosis