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Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
Hepatocellular Liver ... • Infections: Hepatitis ... Hemochromatosis, Wilson's disease ... HELLP, Celiac disease ... Transaminitis #LFTs #hepatitis
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Differential Diagnosis Hepatocellular ... Hemochromatosis, Wilson's Disease ... Syndrome, Celiac Disease ... Hepatocellular ... , Infiltrative Disease
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Thrombosis, Emboli Hepatocellular ... Autoimmune: Autoimmune hepatitis ... ALP: Typical of hepatocellular ... Chronic viral hepatitis ... liver #injury #hepatitis
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
ALP) • R > 5: Hepatocellular ... Check Acute viral hepatitis ... Check Acute viral hepatitis ... of cholestatic disease ... Alcoholic liver disease
Causes of Ascites
Normal Peritoneum
Portal hypertension (SAAG > 1.1 g/dL)
  1. Hepatic congestionl
Veno-occlusive disease ... Liver disease ... - Alcoholic hepatitis ... dL) - Ovarian disease ... metastases - Hepatocellular
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
alternative causes • Hepatocellular ... Alcohol-related liver disease ... ascites), Chronic hepatitis ... • Autoimmune hepatitis
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Autoimmune Hepatitis ... from subclinical disease ... - Typically hepatocellular ... Other Etiology of Hepatitis ... #Autoimmune #Hepatitis
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
Spherocytosis, sickle cell disease ... • Legionnaires disease ... • Ischemic hepatitis ... • Acute Hepatocellular ... or particular disease
Alcohol-related liver disease algorithm. 

In patients in whom alcohol is suspected to be the main injurious
Alcohol-related liver disease ... γ-glutamyltransferase; HCC, hepatocellular ... algorithm #ARLD #Hepatitis
Hepatitis B Serology Interpretation
HBsAg
HBcAb
HBsAb

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#HepatitisB #HBV #HepB #Serology #Interpretation #hepatology #diagnosis
Hepatitis B Serology ... BIDMC Infectious Diseases ... BIDMC_IDFellows #HepatitisB