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Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... Hepatosplenomegaly & hepatic ... Testing: • EKG • Echocardiogram ... imaging of liver
Pneumobilia on Abdominal POCUS
S/P ERCP presenting with Reynolds' Pentad. Blood Cx grew GPC on Day1
Compare to
Blood Cx grew GPC ... Day1 Compare to portal ... Portal is Peripheral ... Pneumobilia #air #liver ... #clinical #hepatic
VExUS - Venous Excess Ultrasound Score 

The Venous Excess UltraSound (VExUS) grading system prototypes combining inferior
Hepatic Doppler ... still toward the liver ... Portal Doppler is ... IVC #Congestion #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Clinical
Hepatic Artery Calcifications on POCUS
Elderly male with abd pain/low BP. POCUS Liver TRV shown. Diagnosis?
Linear intrahepatic
POCUS Liver TRV ... Diagnosis? ... portal venous gas ... centrally within liver ... #clinical #ultrasound
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Diseases • Septic ... , CXR, ANCA test ... profile, including liver ... years with neck, chest ... ANA and RF (if clinical
Community Acquired Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis and Management

Pneumonia Signs/Symptoms:
 • Confusion/disorientation (LR + 1.9)
 • Cough
Pneumonia (CAP) - Diagnosis ... • Pleuritic chest ... Uremia (blood urea ... nitrogen level ... infiltrate by chest
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
This patient’s clinical ... exam findings and clinical ... x-ray (CXR), try ... not seen on a CXR ... bleeding often from a liver
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... aches, joint pain, chest ... fungal stain of clinical ... • A low or normal ... glucose level,