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 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
Disease (Cirrhosis ... Esophageal Varices • Hepatic ... Encephalopathy ... #Cirrhosis #Complications ... management #summary #hepatology
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
encephalopathy, ... Clues to non-cirrhotic ... sarcoidosis) • Liver ... metastasis • Fatty liver ... Diagnosis #causes #hepatology
Asterixis on Physical Exam

Asterixis, aka liver flap, indicates at least Grade 2 hepatic encephalopathy in a
Asterixis, aka liver ... least Grade 2 hepatic ... encephalopathy ... a patient with cirrhosis ... #flap #neurology
Tweetorial - What's the deal with Ammonia in hepatic encephalopathy?

Aims
Try to answer this question while also
with Ammonia in hepatic ... encephalopathy? ... #Sarcopenia #Cirrhosis ... #Tweetorial #Hepatology ... #Pathophysiology
Nutrition in Cirrhosis: Dos and Don’ts
Screening:
 • Patients at risk for RFH-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool
 • Low
Nutrition in Cirrhosis ... prevent or treat hepatic ... encephalopathy ... diet #management #hepatology ... #pathophysiology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
65 years PBC Pathophysiology ... /Liver failure ... or higher • Liver ... malignancies, Hepatic ... diagnosis #workup #hepatology
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Liver Chemistries ... INR > 1.5 • Encephalopathy ... replaced by non-hepatic ... hepatitis: < 1 • Cirrhosis ... #differential #Hepatology
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
Hepatic Encephalopathy ... • Caused by liver ... other causes of neurologic ... Prevalence: At cirrhosis ... Management #treatment #hepatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Mississippi and Ohio River ... by culture or serology ... , neutropenia, cirrhosis ... Aspergillosis Pathophysiology ... • Meningitis, septic
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
Occurs in advanced liver ... disease: cirrhosis ... Pathophysiology: ... Hepatorenal #Syndrome #Hepatology ... #Nephrology #Diagnosis