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Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Clinical Guidelines ... in those with CLD ... months without treatment ... Failure #Cirrhosis #Hepatology ... gastroenterology #management #diagnosis
Purpura - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Non-blanchable, dark red to purple, hemorrhagic skin lesions that result from leakage
- Differential Diagnosis ... purple, hemorrhagic skin ... deficiency • Liver ... Associated - SLE, Sjogren's ... #hematology #rheumatology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
other diseases • Secondary ... salivary ducts Clinical ... vasculitis: 10%-16% Liver ... Nephrogenic DI Hematologic ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
GrepMed Handbook Clinical ... , hair growth, skin ... Acromegaly occurs secondary ... GH stimulates liver ... Endocrinology #Treatment
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... 3rd Decade Skin ... erythematosus (ACLE ... Differential Diagnosis ... dermatomyositis, Sjogren
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
- differential diagnosis ... pruritus • Liver ... pruritus • Hematologic ... #Pruritus #Treatment ... #Algorithm #Hemodialysis