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Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

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

60 y/o hx of seizures &
Stenosis with Caudal Blood ... What is the cause ... and below the umbilicus ... AWAY from the umbilicus ... ptfaddenMD #Milking
Demonstrating Rostral Venous Flow of Caput Medusae in Portal Hypertension

We do the milking method as depicted
In this case the ... away from the umbilicus ... #PhysicalExam #Milking ... #abdominal #clinical ... veins #cirrhosis #hepatology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... Arrhythmia • Obstructive ... Severe auto-PEEP, Abdominal ... • Hypovolemic: Blood ... #criticalcare #algorithm
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Vascular Causes ... Hepatic artery: Shock ... Intrahepatic - Obstruction ... intestines, white blood ... #hepatology
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
heart (Sepsis, Shock ... increasing coronary blood ... treat the primary cause ... little coronary blood ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Perhaps quite too often, the knee-jerk reaction to an elevated Troponin is to call our friends
heart (Sepsis, Shock ... increasing coronary blood ... treat the primary cause ... little coronary blood ... clinica l#foamed #algorithm
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function ≥ (or possibly MELD
>20) - Obtain abdominal ... exclude other causes ... with chest x-ray, blood ... Multiorgan failure or shock ... #hepatology