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Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
Liver Injury ... injury - Viral ... Hepatitis - Autoimmune ... #Causes #Differential ... #Hepatology #Diagnosis
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... - Differential ... Liver Injury: ... : Autoimmune hepatitis ... diagnosis #algorithm #hepatology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Pre-Renal:
 • Hypovolemia, Cardiorenal, Distributive Shock, HRS, Hypercalcemia, Renal
Acute Kidney Injury ... (AKI) - Differential ... Medication, Infection, Autoimmune ... #Kidney #Injury ... Diagnosis #nephrology
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... Circulation Failure Kidney ... Injury (DILI) ... Failure #Cirrhosis #Hepatology ... gastroenterology #management
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Causes of Acute ... Liver Injury - Differential ... Other: NAFLD, Autoimmune ... #Injury #Differential ... #algorithm #hepatology
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
cardiac muscle, RBC, Kidney ... Cardiac muscle, Kidneys ... trimester placenta, kidneys ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential ... #Hepatology #transaminitis
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Injury (DILI) - ... Skin involvement, Kidney ... dechallenge • Acute ... steatosis • Autoimmune ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Indications for Albumin for Management of Cirrhosis
 • Large volume paracentesis (>5 liter) - 8g per
for Albumin for Management ... ascites removed • Acute ... kidney injury ( ... #Indications #Management ... Cirrhosis #treatment #hepatology
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Autoimmune Hepatitis ... subclinical disease to acute ... liver failure ... injury, though ... #Hepatology
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) ... - TTE/liver fxn? ... AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology ... Algorithm #Causes #Differential