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Portal Venous Gas on POCUS

Adhikari's Image of the Wk: Portal vein gas! Can be an ominous
vein gas! ... ominous prognostic sign ... result of recent diagnostic ... VenousGas #POCUS #Liver ... #Ultrasound #Clinical
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
- Differential Diagnosis ... >10 mmHg - clinically ... HTN Signs of portal ... sarcoidosis) • Liver ... Schistosomiasis • Veno-occlusive
Portal Hypertension Classification by site of vascular obstruction
1) Post-hepatic Post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome
2) Intrahepatic Post-sinusoidal: Veno-occlusive disease
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Post-sinusoidal: Veno-occlusive ... Cirrhosis, Polycystic liver ... disease, Nodular ... vein thrombosis ... gastroenterology #diagnosis
Causes of Portal Hypertension According to Site of Vascular Obstruction
1) Prehepatic pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis due
vein thrombosis ... Cirrhosis, Polycystic liver ... disease, Nodular ... post-sinusoidal: Veno-occlusive ... #differential #diagnosis
92F w acute painless monocular vision loss. What's the diagnosis?

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Central retinal artery occlusion (CRAO)! Retrobulbar "spot
What's the diagnosis ... Retrobulbar "spot sign ... arterial waveform in normal ... #Clinical #POCUS ... #OcularUS #CRAO
VExUS - Venous Excess Ultrasound Score 

The Venous Excess UltraSound (VExUS) grading system prototypes combining inferior
interlobular renal veins ... still toward the liver ... Portal Doppler is ... IVC #Congestion #Diagnosis ... #POCUS #Clinical
Behçet's Syndrome
Systemic disease associated with inflammation of multiple organs, small-vessel vasculitis and large-vessel vasculopathy
Epidemiology:
 • Young
association • M > F Clinical ... ulceration • Ocular ... disease (SVC/IVC occlusion ... Behcet syndrome (Clinical ... #management #signs
Cryofibrinogenemia Summary

Cryofibrinogenemia Epidemiology:
 • 40-70 years with a modest female predominance

Cryofibrinogenemia:
 • The precipitation of a
cooled from the normal ... Cryofibrinogenemia Clinical ... pulmonary emboli, and ocular ... and/or venous occlusions ... : • + Clinical
ANTI-MDA5 DERMATOMYOSITIS

Cutaneous manifestations:
• Periorbital heliotrope (blue-purple) rash with edema
• Erythematous rash on the face, or the
located on the dorsal ... auricular papules Clinical ... Liver biopsies show ... #rheumatology #dermatology ... #diagnosis
Monkeypox

What?
Monkeypox virus belongs to the family Poxviridae, subfamily Chordopoxvirinae, and genus orthopoxvirus
Viral zoonotic disease that is
• Fomites • Live ... three weeks Clinical ... confirmed mpox had ocular ... Monkeypox #MPOX #Diagnosis ... #Management #Dermatology