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Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
Liver Function Test ... (LFTs) Elevation ... AST - Cardiac ... ALP ≥ 2x ULN R Value ... FunctionTest #LFTs #Elevation
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN
Discovered by Tillett & Francis in 1930. First identified as a substance in the serum
Lab values vary, ... Normal or minor elevation ... mg/L: Moderate elevation ... when using this test ... for cardiac risk
Dilated Cystic Duct with Spiral Valves of Heister on POCUS

Older male with RUQ/midepigastric pain with jaundice.
Duct with Spiral Valves ... of Heister on POCUS ... Best example of ... RJonesSonoEM #CysticDuct ... #Heister #POCUS
Cystic Duct Stone on Biliary POCUS

Not your average gall stone. This stone is lodged in the
Stone on Biliary POCUS ... mythical spiral valves ... @CincySono #CysticDuct ... #ultrasound #abdominal ... #clinical #valves
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
to bolus these values ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... or diagnostic tests ... perfusion - Cardiac ... failure - Low cardiac
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram (A4C)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic limb. PMHx
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... What are the next POCUS ... then the next tests ... are not POCUS: ... are all of some value
Cardiac LV Thrombus on Echocardiogram Short-Axis View (PSAX)
48 year old woman in ICU for acute ischemic
Cardiac LV Thrombus ... What are the next POCUS ... then the next tests ... are not POCUS: ... are all of some value