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Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
Dilated Abdominal ... Blood Flow Vein Milking ... determine the cause ... #comparison #abdominal ... #veins #milking
Chronic SVC Stenosis with Caudal Blood Flow of Dilated Abdominal Veins

60 y/o hx of seizures &
Flow of Dilated Abdominal ... What is the cause ... and below the umbilicus ... AWAY from the umbilicus ... ptfaddenMD #Milking
Mechanical Bowel Obstruction and Ileus - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
Ileus: Functional bowel "blockage", no peristalsis
Mechanical Obstruction:
presents with acute ... abdominal pain ... present with either acute ... or chronic abdominal ... percussion • Nausea
Hypotension / Shock Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypovolemic:
 • Poor oral intake
 • Hemorrhage
 • Renal loss
 •
Hypotension / Shock ... infarction • Acute ... ventricular outflow obstruction ... Dysautonomia Obstructive ... #causes
Causes of acute heart failure
 - Acute pressure overload (increased afterload, mechanical flow obstruction) 
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Causes of acute ... heart failure - Acute ... mechanical flow obstruction ... filling impairment ... #Differential #Causes
Shock - Differential Diagnosis by Classification

Hypovolemic (Intravascular volume depletion)
 - Hemorrhagic 
   • Trauma
Shock - Differential ... contractility) - Acute ... exacerbation (any cause ... - Myocarditis Obstructive ... (Mechanical obstruction
Demonstrating Rostral Venous Flow of Caput Medusae in Portal Hypertension

We do the milking method as depicted
Hypertension We do the milking ... In this case the ... away from the umbilicus ... #PhysicalExam #Milking ... #abdominal #clinical
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... , Distributive Shock ... Artery Stenosis, Abdominal ... Post-Renal: • Obstruction ... Diagnosis #nephrology #causes
Pediatric Causes of Abdominal Pain

Surgical:
 - Acute appendicitis 
 - Intestinal obstruction including intussusception 
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Pediatric Causes ... Surgical: - Acute ... - Intestinal obstruction ... infection • acute ... Pain #Pediatrics #Causes
Important Causes of RUQ and Midline Abdominal Pain - Illness Scripts
PUD, Gastroenteritis, Small bowel obstruction, Appendicitis,
Important Causes ... RUQ and Midline Abdominal ... Gastroenteritis, Small bowel obstruction ... Biliary colic, Acute ... Cholangitis, Acute