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Focused Assessment with Sonography for HIV/TB - The FASH Exam

The main objective of the FASH exam
Focused Assessment ... effusions, enlarged abdominal ... liver lesions – ... #Diagnosis #POCUS ... #Ultrasound #HIV
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Pregnancy (AFLP) Pathophysiology ... nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... age • Monitor and ... #Pregnancy #hepatology
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

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department - Mnemonic and ... Differential A - Abdominal ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Ultrasound ... #Assessment #Mnemonic
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
65 years PBC Pathophysiology ... cholestasis → Cirrhosis/Liver ... or higher • Liver ... Differential Diagnosis ... #workup #hepatology
Appearance of Liver Lesions on Various Imaging Modalities
 • Computed Tomography (CT) - Arterial Phase, Portal
Appearance of Liver ... Portal Venous Phase and ... Contrast #CT #MRI #POCUS ... #differential #diagnosis ... table #appearance #hepatology
Clinical diagnosis of Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH)
 • Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks
 • Ongoing
Clinical diagnosis ... AST/ALT >1.5, and ... Uncertain alcohol use assessment ... AST/ALT <1.5), ANA ... Hepatitis #AH #hepatology
Clinical Diagnosis of Autoimmune Hepatitis
 - Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks
 - Ongoing consumption
Clinical Diagnosis ... AST/ALT >1.5, and ... Uncertain alcohol use assessment ... AST/ALT <1.5), ANA ... #Hepatology #AIH
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
gas on hepatic ultrasound ... ileus), intra-abdominal ... portal #venousgas #ultrasound ... #hepatology #liver ... #pocus #clinical
Nutrition in Cirrhosis: Dos and Don’ts
Screening:
 • Patients at risk for RFH-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool
 • Low
Child-Pugh score C) Assessment ... Hospital Global Assessment ... Analysis, muscle ultrasound ... diet #management #hepatology ... #pathophysiology
Ruptured AAA on POCUS

Nice pick up with a POCUS RUSH exam in a patient with undifferentiated
POCUS Nice pick ... up with a POCUS ... Leaking AAA is hard ... to diagnose through ... #ultrasound #abdominal