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Causes of Altered Level of Consciousness GCS < 7 - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Brain Involvement - Hemispheric
Causes of Altered ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Traumatic • Ischemia ... - Excesses • Liver ... Drugs/Toxins • Alcohols
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Elevated Liver Enzymes ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Drugs/Toxins • Ischemia ... Others #LFTs #Hepatology
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Non-Malignant • Fatty Liver ... Cholangitis • Abscess ... Inflammatory • Alcoholic ... #Causes #Hepatology
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Abnormal Liver Function ... Tests - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Drugs, Viral, Ischemia ... #diagnosis #hepatology
Serum Ascites Albumin Gradient (SAAG) - Differential Diagnosis
High albumin gradient (>1.1 g/dl):
 - Cirrhosis	
 - Alcoholic
Cirrhosis - Alcoholic ... - Massive liver ... - Acute fatty liver ... associated with bowel ischemia ... #Diagnosis #hepatology
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm ... HEV, EBV, CMV), Alcohol-related ... Hepatic ischaemia ... disorder (e.g. ascites ... #hepatology
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
Injury - Differential ... Drugs (MDMA), Alcohol ... • Vascular: Ischemic ... #Diagnosis #hepatology ... #algorithm #Transaminitis
Chronic Abdominal Pain - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Constant / Chronic-Fleeting / Post-Prandial
Upper Quadrant:
 • Peptic ulcer disease
Chronic Abdominal ... Pain - Differential ... Gastric cancer • Liver ... splenomegaly, abscess ... location/diffuse: • Ascites
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function ≥ (or possibly MELD
Alcoholic Hepatitis ... - Management Algorithm ... >20) - Obtain abdominal ... blood, urine and ascites ... #hepatology