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Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
of Acute Liver Injury ... - Differential ... : Sepsis, Viral ... Causes #Acute #algorithm ... #hepatology
Causes of Apparent Life Threatening Event (ALTE) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cardiac:
 • Congenital Heart Disease
 •
Event (ALTE) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Congenital Heart Disease ... Pneumonia • Sepsis ... Choking Spell Injury
Capnocytophaga Canimorsus Skin Rash

40 M presents w/ N, V, severe epigastric pain. SHx: smoker, drinks 18
Canimorsus Skin Rash ... +purpuric rash → ... microvascular injury ... Diseases Fellowship ... #dermatology #clinical
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
: • Infections ... Hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease ... HELLP, Celiac disease ... Diagnosis #hepatology ... #algorithm #Transaminitis
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
arthritis, Skin rash ... fraction < 20% Differential ... Diaqnoses: • Infectious ... #diagnosis #management ... #treatment #rheumatology
Joint Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Monoarthritis
 • Septic
 • Crystalline
     - Gout
Joint Disorders - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Reiter’s syndrome) Aseptic ... within 1 month of infection ... like “butterfly rash
Diagnosis and Management of Idiosyncratic Drug-induced Liver Injury (DILI)

DILI Types:
 • Intrinsic - predictable, dose dependent
Diagnosis and Management ... symptoms of liver disease ... Idiosyncratic #differential ... gastroenterology #algorithm ... gastroenterology #hepatology
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Pleural Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Urinothorax Exudate - Infectious ... • Postcardiac injury ... #Hepatology #causes
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... : • Infectious ... : > 2 • NASH, ... #hepatology
Petechial/Purpuric Rashes- THE ALGORITHMIC APPROACH 

These rashes can be especially challenging and are
associated with devastating differential
in vasculitic diseases ... inflammation or infection ... petechial or purpuric rash ... #Diagnosis #Dermatology ... Purpural #Purpuric #Rash