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Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
 • Fever, acute onset RUQ pain,
of Sickle Cell Disease ... Supportive with treatment ... Acute intrahepatic cholestasis ... #SickleCell #Disease ... #differential #diagnosis
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis ... non-essential drug/HDS treatments ... Alcohol-related liver disease ... titres, ↑ IgG • Cholestatic ... Liver #Injury #Diagnosis
Secondary Causes of Hyperlipidemia
Nunerous secondary causes of hyperlipidemia exist; screening for the presence of these underlying
Glycogen storage disease ... Glucocorticoid treatment ... intermittent porphyria, Cholestasis ... Corticosteroid treatment ... #differential #diagnosis
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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from subclinical disease ... injury, though cholestatic ... Diagnosis - If suspected ... , AIH diagnosis ... regarding need for treatment
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
Chronic Kidney Disease ... - differential diagnosis ... pruritus • Liver disease ... /cholestatic pruritus ... #Pruritus #Treatment
Cholestatic Liver Disease: Primary Biliary Cirrhosis vs Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

#pathophysiology #pbc #psc #hepatology #comparison
Cholestatic Liver ... Disease: Primary
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
- Differential Diagnosis ... of Intrahepatic cholestasis ... - Pruritis - Cholestasis ... granulamatous disease ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Classification of Jaundice
Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (predominantly indirect bilirubin)
 • Increased bilirubin production (eg, hemolytic anemias, hemolytic reactions,
• Hereditary Cholestatic ... of intrahepatic cholestasis ... ) Intrahepatic cholestasis ... or intrahepatic cholestasis ... Classification #diagnosis
Liver Enzymes (LFTs) - Causes of Hepatocellular and Cholestatic Liver Injury
Hepatocellular Liver Injury
 • AST/ALT elevation
Hepatocellular and Cholestatic ... Hepatocellular or Cholestatic ... R ≤ 2 = Cholestatic ... Hepatocellular #Cholestatic ... Transaminitis #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Syndrome, Celiac Disease ... Thrombus, Vasospasm Cholestatic ... Hepatitis, TB Cholestatic ... #Differential #Diagnosis