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Bowel perforation on POCUS.

At beginning of clip, free air from a perforated viscous displaces liver from
Bowel perforation ... viscous displaces liver ... #Bowel #perforation ... POCUS #Abdominal #clinical ... #ultrasound #Air
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
gas on hepatic ultrasound ... peripheral tracking of air ... #hepatology #liver ... #pocus #clinical ... #air
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... performed on room air ... older) on room air ... #treatment #hepatology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... Intrahepatic Cholestasis Management ... Maternal Support - Critical ... #Pregnancy #hepatology ... obgyn #diagnosis #management
Pneumoperitoneum from perforated duodenal ulcer on RUQ POCUS

Male with severe RUQ abdominal pain. Answer in thread.
anterior to the liver ... of Chilaiditi syndrome ... Pleural air would ... ulcer #RUQ #POCUS #clinical ... #ultrasound #Abdominal
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
evaluation of the clinical ... /or suspicious clinical ... presence of metabolic syndrome ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound ... Abnormal #Algorithm #Hepatology
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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disease to acute liver ... hepatocellular pattern of liver ... Hepatitis (eg Viral) Management ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hepatology
Free Air on Abdominal POCUS - Enhanced Peritoneal Stripe Sign (EPSS)

50 year old female with LLQ
Free Air on Abdominal ... peritoneum and liver ... intestinal/gastric perforation ... #POCUS #EPSS #clinical ... #ultrasound #radiology
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
Hepatorenal Syndrome ... Diagnosis (Clinical ... Normal kidney ultrasound ... #Hepatorenal #Syndrome ... #Hepatology #Nephrology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... disease • Liver ... : • Nephrotic syndrome ... (Epstein-Barr syndrome ... #diagnosis #management