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Elevated Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Mild (<100-500): 
 • NAFLD
 • Cirrhosis
 •
Function Tests (LFTs ... - Differential Diagnosis ... • NAFLD • Cirrhosis ... Chronic Viral Hepatitis ... #hepatology #transaminitis
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
• Ischemia • Autoimmune ... • Alcoholic hepatitis ... Infiltrative • Cirrhosis ... • Others #LFTs ... #Hepatology #LiverEnzymes
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Malignant ... • Autoimmune ... Primary Biliary Cirrhosis ... #Hepatology
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Inflammation - Hepatitis ... 15 percent) - Hepatitis ... Schistosomiasis - Autoimmune ... 14 percent) #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Hepatology
Autoimmune Hepatitis Treatment Algorithm

#Autoimmune #Hepatitis #Treatment #Algorithm #management #hepatology
Autoimmune Hepatitis ... Treatment Algorithm ... #Autoimmune ... #Hepatitis #Treatment ... #hepatology
Patterns of Liver Injury
Transaminase Levels:
  > 50x normal - Ischemic Hepatitis
  > 20x normal
, Toxic Hepatitis ... CMV), Alcoholic cirrhosis ... Liver #Injury #hepatology ... #LFTs #transaminitis ... #differential #diagnosis
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus, Right upper quadrant discomfort
Signs: Jaundice, Xanthelasmata, Hepatomegaly
Associated history:
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis ... - Diagnosis Algorithm ... of associated autoimmune ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #hepatology
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
• Infections: Hepatitis ... Other: NAFLD, Autoimmune ... #hepatology #algorithm ... Transaminitis #LFTs ... #hepatitis
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
those with CLD (± cirrhosis ... months without treatment ... (DILI) Viral Hepatitis ... #Hepatology #gastroenterology ... #management #diagnosis
Chronic Hepatitis B - Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

• Who to treat: Essentially treat the pts with
B - Diagnosis and ... Management Algorithm ... viremia or have cirrhosis ... #HBV #Algorithm ... #Treatment #Hepatology