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Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... specificity to elevated ... ALT Ratios: • Alcoholic ... cardiac muscle, kidneys ... intestines, white blood
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
muscle, liver, and kidney ... deficiency of red blood ... • Pulmonary infarction ... : • Early acute ... fever) • Drugs (alcohol
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
specificity to elevated ... of cholestatic disease ... ALT Ratios: • Alcoholic ... liver disease: ... intestines, White blood
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
(Mannitol) • Elevated ... Torsemide) • Acute ... pulmonary edema ... Prevention of blood ... Tolvaptan) • Treatment
Causes of Secondary Hypertension - Workup and Differential Diagnosis
Approach (when evaluation should be done):
1. Severe or
heart failure, neurologic ... kidney injury). ... Sympathomimetic, Alcohol ... Renal parenchymal disease ... Neurologic disorders
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function ≥ (or possibly MELD
Alcoholic Hepatitis ... with chest x-ray, blood ... : - Acute kidney ... injury with serum ... - Concomitant diseases
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
removal from the blood ... presentations and disease ... liver or renal injury ... pulmonary edema ... Hypoglycemia - Alcohol
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
advanced liver disease ... cirrhosis, severe alcoholic ... hepatitis, or acute ... casts, protein, or blood ... Treatment Overview