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Hepatic encephalopathy in the hospital (An ode to #lactulose):
A brief #livertwitter #tweetorial
Aims:
1. Share the greatest t-shirt ever made
2. Rule out infection!
3. Laxation now! But how?
keywords: #cirrhosis, paracentesis, stool pH
A brief #livertwitter #tweetorial
Aims:
1. Share the greatest t-shirt ever made
2. Rule out infection!
3. Laxation now! But how?
keywords: #cirrhosis, paracentesis, stool pH
1. This shirt, made by a patient, reminds us:
▶️HE is horrible, unpredictable
▶️Preventing HE is hard
▶️Dont be quick 2 label pts as 'noncompliant' - there's more to the story
▶️Our patients are awesome. Hepatology is the best
#lactuloseorcomatose
▶️HE is horrible, unpredictable
▶️Preventing HE is hard
▶️Dont be quick 2 label pts as 'noncompliant' - there's more to the story
▶️Our patients are awesome. Hepatology is the best
#lactuloseorcomatose
2. Think of hepatic encephalopathy as a biomarker.
For what? The answers form a mandatory checklist of sorts
1. Para to r/o SBP. Delay @ your patient's peril. (Fig1)
2. GI Bleeding?
3. UA/Blood Cultures/CXR
3. What's the Cr? Na? K?
review: nature.com/articles/s4139…
#AmJGastro
For what? The answers form a mandatory checklist of sorts
1. Para to r/o SBP. Delay @ your patient's peril. (Fig1)
2. GI Bleeding?
3. UA/Blood Cultures/CXR
3. What's the Cr? Na? K?
review: nature.com/articles/s4139…
#AmJGastro
A celebration of paracentesis: a QI #Tweetorial
For all my twitter friends who care for inpatients with #cirrhosis
Take home messages: paras for all, FFP for none
Keywords: #SBP and the #cirrhotic #coagulopathy
For all my twitter friends who care for inpatients with #cirrhosis
Take home messages: paras for all, FFP for none
Keywords: #SBP and the #cirrhotic #coagulopathy
First - which hospitalized patient needs a diagnostic para?
Patients with ascites and:
Patients with ascites and:
Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis (SBP) is a deadly condition. Appropriate tx can prevent hepatorenal syndrome and death.
How many patients are asymptomatic?
Many.
In this study from Pinzello et al, 1 in 3 patients with SBP were "silent"
aasldpubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…
How many patients are asymptomatic?
Many.
In this study from Pinzello et al, 1 in 3 patients with SBP were "silent"
aasldpubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.10…
