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Management of critically-ill cirrhotic patients

Open Access Source (Intensive Care Med (2018) 44:1932–1935): https://link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s00134-018-5078-z?shared_access_token=rKBIIjC6Htq14G82yghJnfe4RwlQNchNByi7wbcMAY63FIMr4IeFUPHZTUFKckgGIQeEsXu7k1NhPo-T8ItytjuWlMH7y0kI6IydY2i7VzU4Y93MfuEKQruo-qIKnVF91JyuQsQbJNPJv3UJYPzkySdSktYPmFVd6xw1xJDLPqY%3D

#cirrhotic #cirrhosis #Management #CriticalCare
Management of critically-ill ... cirrhotic patients ... Open Access Source ... #cirrhosis #Management ... #CriticalCare #Hepatology
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
Hepatomegaly - Differential ... Cholangitis • Abscess ... Inflammatory • Alcoholic ... Primary Biliary Cirrhosis ... Algorithm #Causes #Hepatology
Beta-Blockers in Cirrhosis
 • Pathophysiology
 • Indications:  Prevention of decompensation, Prevention of first variceal bleeding,
Beta-Blockers in Cirrhosis ... • Pathophysiology ... #BetaBlockers #Cirrhosis ... #hepatology #management
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Liver Enzymes - Differential ... • NAFLD • Alcohol ... Ducts • PSC • Alcoholic ... Infiltrative • Cirrhosis ... Others #LFTs #Hepatology
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Etiologies of Cirrhosis ... Sarcoidosis Toxic - Alcohol ... Primary biliary cirrhosis ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Hepatology #Cirrhosis
Patterns of Liver Injury
Transaminase Levels:
  > 50x normal - Ischemic Hepatitis
  > 20x normal
Infection (EBV/CMV), Alcoholic ... cirrhosis, Portal ... AST:ALT > 2.5 - Alcoholic ... Liver #Injury #hepatology ... transaminitis #differential
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Function Tests - Differential ... - NAFLD, Alcohol ... - PBC, PSC, Alcoholic ... Congenital, Others, Cirrhosis ... Algorithm #diagnosis #hepatology
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Summary Overview
- Epidemiology
- Pathophysiology
- Clinical Features
- Labs
- Diagnosis
- Differential Diagnosis
- Treatment

Sarah Onorato @sonorato11

#Alcoholic
Alcoholic Hepatitis ... Epidemiology - Pathophysiology ... - Diagnosis - Differential ... #Hepatitis #hepatology ... diagnosis #algorithm #management
Etiology and Complications of Cirrhosis

#Causes #Complications #Cirrhosis #Differential #Pathophysiology #Hepatology
Complications of Cirrhosis ... Complications #Cirrhosis ... #Differential # ... Pathophysiology ... #Hepatology
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
those with CLD (± cirrhosis ... Failure Infections Alcohol-Associated ... Liver #Failure #Cirrhosis ... #Hepatology #gastroenterology ... #management #diagnosis