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

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
in those with CLD ... (± cirrhosis) w ... months without treatment ... Brain Failure Lung ... gastroenterology #management #diagnosis
Nail Disorders secondary to Systemic Diseases
Nail Fold Abnormality
 • SLE
 • Scleroderma
 • Dermatomyositis
Koilonychia - Spoon-shaped
discoloration) • Liver ... cirrhosis • Congestive ... • Nephrotic syndrome ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #Algorithm #causes
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... absence of intrinsic lung ... • Platypnea - Dyspnea ... with or without cirrhosis ... on radioactive lung
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Vascular ... vein: Budd-chiari syndrome ... CA, small cell lung ... hepatitis: < 1 • Cirrhosis
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
presence in the lower lung ... • Progressive dyspnea ... • Stigmata of cirrhosis ... the left heart TREATMENT ... #cirrhosis #diagnosis
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
• Domestic and wild ... Lady Windermere Syndrome ... : • Syndrome of ... (elevations of liver ... Weakness, • Dyspnea
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
rash) • Heart, lung ... thrombocytopenia • Liver ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #Rheumatology
Amiodarone Induced Lung Toxicity Summary

Who?
• 5% of patients
• Dose ≥ 400 mg per day

How?  Possible
• Amiodarone half ... starting amiodarone treatment ... respiratory distress syndrome ... Dyspnea 3. ... Exclusion of other ILDs
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
, INC risk PE, Pulmonary ... vasculitis: 10%-16% Liver ... primary biliary cirrhosis ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment