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Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
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Drugs/Toxins • Ischemia ... • Autoimmune ... hepatitis • Drugs ... • Others #LFTs ... #Causes
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Common Etiologies ... Schistosomiasis - Autoimmune ... Sarcoidosis Toxic - Alcohol ... heart failure (chronic ... #Cirrhosis #Causes
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
for alternative causes ... HEV, EBV, CMV), Alcohol-related ... disease, Hepatic ischaemia ... steatosis • Autoimmune ... #hepatology
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
Drugs (MDMA), Alcohol ... • Vascular: Ischemic ... Other: NAFLD, Autoimmune ... #algorithm #Transaminitis ... #LFTs #hepatitis
Causes of Intrauterine Growth Restriction / Small for Gestational Age - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Fetal Factors:
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Causes of Intrauterine ... - Placental Ischemia ... mellitus • Autoimmune ... Smoking • Alcohol ... GestationalAge #SGA
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Autoimmunity • Chronic ... Liver diseases and hepatitis ... ) • Low serum IgA ... DDX - Other causes ... Malignancies • Chronic
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular Causes ... : Autoimmune hepatitis ... ALT Ratios: • Alcoholic ... #hepatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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: • Purpura, ischemic ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... tract, and often causes ... Drug Associated (Commonly ... Tests: • CBC • LFT