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 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
End Stage Liver ... Disease (Cirrhosis ... Varices • Hepatic Encephalopathy ... Syndrom (HRS) • Liver ... SBP) #ESLD #Liver
Ammonia Levels & Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease 
Choosing Wisely: Things We Do
Levels & Hepatic Encephalopathy ... Patients with Chronic Liver ... Disease Choosing ... ammonia-levels-and-hepatic-encephalopathy-patients-known
Clinical Examination for Liver and Biliary Diseases
1) Hands: Clubbing, Dupuytren's contracture, Leuconychia, Bruising, Flapping tremor (hepatic
Examination for Liver ... and Biliary Diseases ... tremor (hepatic encephalopathy ... physicalexam #cirrhosis #liver ... #disease #signs
Asterixis is a type of negative myoclonus characterized by irregular lapses of posture of various body
associated with liver ... disease (hepatic ... encephalopathy)
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
Liver Disease in ... Hemolysis, Elevated Liver ... clinical features: Liver ... coagulopathy, encephalopathy ... #Disease #Pregnancy
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Liver Chemistries ... Identify Acute Liver ... INR > 1.5 • Encephalopathy ... of cholestatic disease ... disease: > 2
Causes of Tremors - Movement Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Action Tremor - Occurs During Voluntary Muscle
Muscle Movement • Cerebellar ... Disease (e.g. spinocerebellar ... • Parkinson's Disease ... Tremor • Wilson's Disease ... Etiology (Thyroid, Liver
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
thrombocytopenia, hepatic encephalopathy ... • Infiltrative diseases ... sarcoidosis) • Liver ... metastasis • Fatty liver ... Veno-occlusive disease
Nutrition in Cirrhosis: Dos and Don’ts
Screening:
 • Patients at risk for RFH-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool
 • Low
) • Advanced liver ... disease (Child-Pugh ... diseases ... disease ... treat hepatic encephalopathy
CNS Infection in HIV / AIDS - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Principles of HIV-Associated CNS Opportunistic Infections:
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lobes, brainstem, cerebellum ... Demyelinating disease ... Periventricular, frontal, cerebellum ... rapidly progressive encephalopathy ... • VZV • HIV encephalopathy