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 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
Disease (Cirrhosis ... Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... (HPS) • Hepatorenal ... Syndrom (HRS) ... management #summary #hepatology
Cirrhosis - Pathophysiology
 - Ascites Formation
 - Dilutional Hyponatremia
 - Hepatorenal Syndrome
 - Spontaneous Infections

#Cirrhosis #Pathophysiology
Hyponatremia - Hepatorenal ... Syndrome - Spontaneous ... Pathophysiology #hepatology ... #liver
Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
of Severe Acute Liver ... Injury - Ichemic hepatitis ... - Drug-Induced liver ... - Wilson disease ... #Differential #Hepatology
Hepatorenal Syndrome Diagnosis
 • ↑ in serum Cr of ≥ 0.3mg/dL above baseline
Hepatorenal Syndrome ... gradual • Severe liver ... disease (e.g. advanced ... severe alcoholic hepatitis ... #HRS #nephrology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Hemochromatosis, Wilson's Disease ... obstruction, HELLP Syndrome ... , Celiac Disease ... , Infiltrative Disease ... Acute #algorithm #hepatology
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Inflammation - Hepatitis ... 15 percent) - Hepatitis ... Nonalcoholic fatty liver ... (Budd-Chiari syndrome ... #Differential #Hepatology
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
Non-Malignant • Fatty Liver ... Hemochromatosis • Wilson's Disease ... • Budd-Chiari Syndrome ... Infectious • Hepatitis ... Algorithm #Causes #Hepatology
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
 •
Trauma: Shock liver ... Metabolic: Wilson Disease ... • Autoimmune hepatitis ... Transaminases #hepatitis ... Diagnosis #causes #hepatology
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
encephalopathy, and hepatorenal ... syndrome Clues ... Cirrhosis/acute hepatitis ... sarcoidosis) • Liver ... Diagnosis #causes #hepatology
Ascites - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic liver disease (cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis) - 80%
Underlying malignancy - 10%
Congestive heart
Diagnosis Chronic liver ... disease (cirrhosis ... or chronic hepatitis ... Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #hepatology