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Portal Venous Gas on POCUS

Sick hypotensive patient. Obscure diagnosis in 2 mins. Notice the portal air
on POCUS Sick ... Obscure diagnosis ... ultrasound, reverb in liver ... Venous #Gas #Air #Clinical ... #POCUS #Abdominal
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... hepatocytes → Liver ... malaise) → Acute liver ... : Viral Hepatitis ... Transfer to a liver
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
- Differential Diagnosis ... >10 mmHg - clinically ... Cirrhosis/acute hepatitis ... sarcoidosis) • Liver ... metastasis • Fatty liver
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
Liver Disease in ... Hemolysis, Elevated Liver ... features: Liver ... BrighamChiefs #Liver ... #obstetrics #hepatitis
Clinical diagnosis of Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH)
 • Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks
 • Ongoing
Clinical diagnosis ... IU/L • Serum total ... ) or metabolic liver ... Possible drug-induced liver ... #hepatology #criteria
Clinical Diagnosis of Autoimmune Hepatitis
 - Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks
 - Ongoing consumption
Clinical Diagnosis ... <400 - Serum total ... ) or metabolic liver ... Possible drug-induced liver ... #Diagnosis #Hepatology
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
should encourage critical ... ileus), intra-abdominal ... venousgas #ultrasound #hepatology ... #liver #pocus # ... clinical #air
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Autoimmune Hepatitis ... disease to acute liver ... hepatocellular pattern of liver ... upper limit of normal ... #Management #Hepatology
Post-Arrest Liver Laceration on POCUS
Liver laceration can occur secondarily to chest compressions. Delays in detecting post-arrest
Post-Arrest Liver ... Liver laceration ... secondarily to chest ... UAlberta_Sono #Liver ... #POCUS #clinical
Pneumobilia on Abdominal POCUS
S/P ERCP presenting with Reynolds' Pentad. Blood Cx grew GPC on Day1
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Pneumobilia on Abdominal ... POCUS S/P ERCP ... Blood Cx grew GPC ... Pneumobilia #air #liver ... #clinical #hepatic