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Patterns of Liver Injury
Transaminase Levels:
  > 50x normal - Ischemic Hepatitis
  > 20x normal
Patterns of Liver ... Injury Transaminase ... normal - Hemolysis, NASH ... #Injury #hepatology ... #LFTs #transaminitis
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Injury (DILI) - ... Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm ... involvement, Kidney injury ... EBV, CMV), Alcohol-related ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
Injuryliver ... D/E, EBV, CMV, HSV ... Drugs (MDMA), Alcohol ... #algorithm #Transaminitis ... #LFTs #hepatitis
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... ALT Ratios: • Alcoholic ... > 2 • NASH, Chronic ... #hepatology
Diagnosis and Management of Idiosyncratic Drug-induced Liver Injury (DILI)

DILI Types:
 • Intrinsic - predictable, dose dependent
Diagnosis and Management ... Chronic - ongoing ↑ LFTs ... differential #Diagnosis #Management ... gastroenterology #algorithm ... gastroenterology #hepatology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Injury - Differential ... , D, EBV, CMV, HSV ... • Toxic: Alcohol ... Causes #Acute #algorithm ... #hepatology
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Interpretation of LFTs ... ALT Ratios: • Alcoholic ... > 2 • NASH, Chronic ... #differential #Hepatology ... transaminitis #LFTs
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease algorithm.
 
For those patients with NAFLD or liver disease of unknown aetiology,
Non-alcoholic fatty ... liver disease algorithm ... #NonAlcoholic #FattyLiver ... #Referral #Management ... #Hepatology
Diagnostic flow-chart to assess and monitor disease severity in the presence of suspected NAFLD and metabolic
Guidelines for the management ... of non-alcoholic ... fatty liver disease ... #NAFLD #Nonalcoholic ... Steatohepatitis #Workup #Algorithm
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function ≥ (or possibly MELD
Alcoholic Hepatitis ... - Management Algorithm ... - Acute kidney injury ... #Hepatitis #Management ... #Algorithm #hepatology