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Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
Dilated Abdominal ... #physicalexam #diagnosis ... #hepatology #cirrhosis ... #obstruction #comparison ... #abdominal #veins
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... , Distributive Shock ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Post-Renal: • Obstruction
Causes of Portal Hypertension According to Site of Vascular Obstruction
1) Prehepatic pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis due
Site of Vascular Obstruction ... due to sepsis (umbilical ... to cirrhosis, Abdominal ... #differential #diagnosis ... #causes #hepatology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
of Acute Liver Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Acute biliary obstruction ... Hepatic Artery: Shock ... Acute #algorithm #hepatology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Diagnosis Framework ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... Arrhythmia • Obstructive ... Severe auto-PEEP, Abdominal ... #Differential #Diagnosis
 Acute Iron Poisoning

There are five classically described phases of toxicity:
Gastrointestinal phase (~6 hours post-ingestion)
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caustic mucosal injury ... - Abdominal pain ... deterioration Shock ... necrosis Bowel Obstruction ... Toxicity #Toxicology #Diagnosis
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hepatic artery: Shock ... VZV • Trauma: Shock ... Intrahepatic - Obstruction ... #algorithm #hepatology
Pyogenic liver abscess in children
Common bacterial causes in children:
 • S.aureus
 • Strep spp
 • Enteric
from contiguous focus ... sources within abdominal ... ) • Traumatic injury ... #differential #diagnosis ... #hepatology