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Table of Causes of Acute Liver Injury
#Diagnosis #Hepatology #Acute #Liver #Injury #Causes #Differential #Incidence #Table #Failure
Table of Causes ... of Acute Liver Injury ... #Diagnosis #Hepatology ... Differential #Incidence ... #Table #Failure
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Kidney Injury ( ... perfusion: • Cardiac failure ... • Sepsis • ... #Kidney #Injury ... #Differential #
Non-ACS Myocardial Injury - Elevated Troponin Differential Diagnosis and Workup Algorithm

 • Chronic Myocardial Injury: End
Elevated Troponin Differential ... Distribution: Acute ... Post-Coronary) • Acute ... Occlusion • Stable ... Elevated #Troponin #Differential
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
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Acute Kidney Injury ... Treatment Related • Sepsis ... cyclophosphamide) #Acute ... #AKI #Cancer #Oncology ... #Differential #
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Liver Injury - Differential ... • Infectious: Sepsis ... Sophia_Hayes_MD #Liver #Injury ... #Differential # ... #algorithm #hepatology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
MAP = CO x SVR
Hypovolemic (↓ Intravascular volume):
 • Hemorrhage, dehydration due
Shock - Differential ... , acute MI, arrhythmia ... Vascular tone): • Sepsis ... uw_IMresidency #Shock #Differential ... #Diagnosis #table
Differentiation Syndrome in APML
Epidemiology:
 • Incidence: common in APL (2-48% depending on the study)
 • Triggers:
initiation • Differential ... Diagnosis: Infection (sepsis ... Renal Failure ... diagnosis #management #hematology ... #oncology
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Mixed - Check Acute ... Liver Failure ( ... muscle injury: ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential ... #Hepatology #transaminitis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... liver or renal injury ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute ... gluconeogenesis Liver Injury
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
Hypertension - Workup and Differential ... with previously stable ... papilledema, heart failure ... kidney injury). ... Workup #causes #Differential