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Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... Liver Failure ( ... #Chronic #Liver ... #Hepatology #gastroenterology ... #management #diagnosis
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
irrigation • Management ... Torsemide) • Acute ... hyperaldosteronism • Acute ... • Bleeding • Cardiac ... Prevention of blood
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Liver Failure ( ... > 2 • NASH, Chronic ... intestines, White blood ... • Gilbert's syndrome ... #differential #Hepatology
Commonly Observed Laboratory Findings in Hepatic / Liver Failure
 - Elevated conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin -
—100-fold with acute ... liver failure; ... anemia; blood loss ... the hepatorenal syndrome ... LiverFailure #Hepatic #Hepatology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... vein: Budd-chiari syndrome ... > 2 • NASH, Chronic ... intestines, white blood ... diagnosis #algorithm #hepatology
Thiamine Deficiency - Differential Diagnosis Framework and Clinical Manifestations

Causes of Thiamine Deficiency:
 • Poor intake:
	- Diets
processed grains - Chronic ... increase venous blood ... flow, increasing cardiac ... - Chronic neurological ... liver failure:
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
kidney disease, Acute ... blood loss, Anemia ... : Alcohol use, Liver ... Myelodysplastic syndrome ... diagnosis #causes #hematology
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
and hepatorenal syndrome ... Post-Hepatic: • Cardiac ... including R heart failure ... • Cirrhosis/acute ... Diagnosis #causes #hepatology
Chronic Abdominal Pain Causes - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Many patients with chronic abdominal pain have had prior
potentially be an acute ... the patient • Blood ... Epigastric: Consider cardiac ... aneurysms • Acute ... Differential #Diagnosis #gastroenterology
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Insufficiency, Liver ... Failure, Toxins ... Pneumothorax, Cardiac ... Abdominal compartment syndrome ... • Hypovolemic: Blood