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Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
Normal veins ... : Umbilicus is the ... Hypertension: The normal ... #physicalexam #diagnosis ... #hepatology #cirrhosis
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
extrahepatic biliary obstruction ... Differential Diagnosis ... disease, Bile duct obstruction ... #diagnosis #workup ... #hepatology
Jaundice - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Pre-Hepatic - Unconjugated Hyperbilirubinemia
Increased Production
 • Hemolysis
 • Ineffective Erythropoiesis
 • Hematoma
Decreased
- Differential Diagnosis ... Dilatation on Ultrasound ... Pancreatitis Intraductal Obstruction ... Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis ... Algorithm #Causes #Hepatology
The 6 C’s of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
PSC is a chronic, cholestatic, immune-mediated disease characterized by
fibrosis, and destruction ... asymptomatic at diagnosis ... • CHOLANGITIS ... #diagnosis #management ... #summary #Hepatology
Causes of Chronic Kidney Disease - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased kidney function (eGFR < 60 ml/min/1.73 m2)
- Differential Diagnosis ... hypoperfusion Post-Renal (Obstruction ... Constipation • Prostate cancer ... Family history, ultrasound ... KidneyDisease #Nephrology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Areas of diagnostic ... extrahepatic biliary obstruction ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound ... #Algorithm #Hepatology ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
Pancreatitis - Diagnosis ... Other: Jaundice (obstruction ... Infectious, Ischemia, Cancer ... , can be normal ... (w/in 24h) if cholangitis