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Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
Dilated Abdominal ... Normal veins: Umbilicus ... anterior chest wall & abdominal ... #physicalexam #diagnosis ... #comparison #abdominal
Chronic SVC Stenosis with Caudal Blood Flow of Dilated Abdominal Veins

60 y/o hx of seizures &
Chronic SVC Stenosis ... Flow of Dilated Abdominal ... and below the umbilicus ... AWAY from the umbilicus ... imaging showed chronic
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

PRE-Renal AKI:
 • Hypovolemia
 • Congestion
 • Medications
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Retention: Internal obstruction ... , External obstruction ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #nephrology
Management of Abdominal Distension and Bloating - Treatment Algorithm

Definitions
Pathophysiology
Organic/Pathologic Etiologies:
 • Small Intestinal Bowel Overgrowth (SIBO)
Gastric Outlet Obstruction ... Intestinal Pseudo obstruction ... Functional Bloating • Abdomino-phrenic ... Dyssynergia Diagnostics ... Bloating #Management #Diagnosis
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Kidney Injury (AKI ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Post-Renal: • Obstruction ... #nephrology #causes
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Hepatic sinusoidal obstructive ... bladder outlet obstruction ... Kidney #Injury #AKI ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Classification #Nephrology
Simplified Approach to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
1) IS THIS AN EMERGENCY? 
Is there a dialysis indication
Kidney Injury (AKI ... require urgent nephrology ... you confirmed diagnosis ... simplified #workup #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Accuracy of abdominal ultrasound for the diagnosis of small bowel obstruction in the emergency department

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30181794

Our data
ultrasound for ... the diagnosis of ... small bowel obstruction ... #Obstruction #SBO ... #Ultrasound #VisualAbstract
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
Chronic Abdominal ... - Differential Diagnosis ... did not yield a diagnosis ... Cardiopulmonary disease/AMI ... • Intestinal obstruction
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Kidney Injury (AKI ... Causes of Inpatient AKI ... disease — 21% - AKI ... Urinary tract obstruction ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis