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Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... cardiorenal syndrome) • Liver ... - Post-infectious ... Classification #diagnosis ... #nephrology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Liver Injury - Differential ... Diagnosis Hepatocellular ... • Infectious: ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #Acute #algorithm
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
ACLF) Clinical Guidelines ... months without treatment ... disease, liver ... Coagulation Failure Infections ... Injury (DILI)
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Vascular ... Liver Injury: ... • Infectious: HAV
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
non-essential drug/HDS treatments ... Hepatocellular: Viral infections ... disease, Hepatic ... dechallenge • Acute ... #Injury #Diagnosis
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) ... - TTE/liver fxn? ... - Pre-renal disease ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
- Differential Diagnosis ... concentrations in: RBCs ... , muscle, liver, ... : • Early acute ... • Toxins • Infection
Hemophagocytic Lymphohistiocytosis (HLH)
Definition: Overwhelming clinical syndrome associated with excessive macrophage activation and cytokine storm due to
: Overwhelming clinical ... age, however the disease ... presents as an acute ... lymph node, or liver ... : • Infection
Rhabdomyolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Management Summary

Causes of Rhabdomyolysis:
 • Trauma:
	- Immobilization
	- Crush injury
	- Compartment
- Differential Diagnosis ... Statins - ETOH - Infection ... Dermatomyositis Clinical ... disease 2. ... #nephrology
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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from subclinical disease ... to acute liver ... hepatocellular pattern of liver ... injury, though ... regarding need for treatment