There are no significant changes in liver echo-texture in acute viral hepatitis.
However, enlarged perihepatic lymph nodes are a fairly constant feature.
Doppler techniques can be used to
reveal an unspecific hyperdynamic state in hepatic vessels with a higher diastolic arterial
blood flow when compared with healthy individuals.
Owing to oedema and narrowing of the hepatic veins, the flow pattern is often
non-triphasic
Gallbladder wall thickening is a short-life sonographic phenomenon of early phase acute hepatitis in approximately 50% of patients. This must not be confused with
acute cholecystitis where there is no circumscribed pain under ultrasound visualized
palpation.
Point-of-Care Ultrasound Applications in the Outpatient Clinic: A rapid diagnosis of Congestive hepatopathy in an ederly man, applying VExUS at the bedside.
His medical history was remarkable for (referred) Afib. @NephroP@ButterflyNetInc@hepocus@HunPocus@Pocus101@pocusmeded
1) IVC is clearly dilated with absence of inspiratory collapse.