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Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
alternative causes • Hepatocellular ... Viral infections (HAV ... , HBV, HCV, HEV, ... disease, Hepatic ischaemia ... #hepatology
Chronic Hepatitis B - Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

• Who to treat: Essentially treat the pts with
Chronic Hepatitis ... Quant HBV DNA. ... Chronic Hepatitis ... #HepatitisB #HBV ... Management #Treatment #Hepatology
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
CMV, HSV, VZV ... • Vascular: Ischemic ... Differential #Diagnosis #hepatology ... #algorithm #Transaminitis ... #LFTs #hepatitis
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Infectious: HAV ... , HBV, HCV, HEV, ... EBV, HSV, CMV, ... #hepatology
Patterns of Liver Injury
Transaminase Levels:
  > 50x normal - Ischemic Hepatitis
  > 20x normal
Patterns of Liver Injury ... normal - Infection (EBV ... 5-10x normal - Chronic ... Patterns #Liver #Injury ... #hepatology #LFTs
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
of Acute Liver Injury ... Differential Diagnosis Hepatocellular ... , CMV, HSV • Toxic ... Causes #Acute #algorithm ... #hepatology
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
serologies, HCV ... serologies, HCV ... > 2 • NASH, Chronic ... : > 3 • Chronic ... #differential #Hepatology
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • CMV • HIV ... Tuberculosis • Hepatitis ... Age > 50 • Chronic ... #Causes #Hematology
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function ≥ (or possibly MELD
- Acute kidney injury ... diseases including HBV ... HCV, DILI, HCC, ... HIV, TB - Multiorgan ... #hepatology
Vasculitis and Vasculitides - Differential Diagnosis Framework

When to Consider Vasculitis:
 • Purpura, ischemic skin lesions
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: • Purpura, ischemic ... Eosinophilia, asthma, chronic ... Kidneys: glomerular ischemia ... Cryoglobulins • HIV ... • HBV HCV