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Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Liver Failure ( ... disease, liver ... Kidney Failure ... Injury (DILI) ... #Hepatology #gastroenterology
Table of Causes of Acute Liver Injury
#Diagnosis #Hepatology #Acute #Liver #Injury #Causes #Differential #Incidence #Table #Failure
Liver Injury #Diagnosis ... #Hepatology #Acute ... #Liver #Injury ... #Causes #Differential ... Incidence #Table #Failure
Clinical manifestations of acute liver failure 

Brain: 
Hepatic encephalopathy,  
Cerebral edema,  
Intracranial hypertension,
liver failure ... Seizures Kidney ... abnormalities Liver ... lung injury, ... #liver #failure
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... - Differential ... Liver Injury: ... Liver Injury: ... Liver Injury:
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Liver Chemistries ... Liver Failure ( ... ALF): • Liver ... - Specific to liver ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening
Primary Wall Thickening:
1 . Acute calculous cholecystitis
2. Acute acalculous cholecystitis
3. Chronic cholecystitis
4.
Adenomyomatosis Secondary ... Systemic Processes: Liver ... failure, Renal ... failure, Heart failure ... Thickening #Causes #differential
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... Dehydration • Heart failure ... cardiorenal syndrome) • Liver ... failure (a.k.a. ... #Kidney #Injury
Bilateral Lower Extremity Swelling - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Acute:
 • DVT *Can't Miss Diagnosis
 • Medication Side
Diagnosis Framework Acute ... Side Effect • Acute ... Heart Failure ... • Liver Disease ... • Kidney Disease
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
Injury - Differential ... Injuryliver ... failure 1) Hepatocellular ... Injury Differential ... #Injury #Differential
Diagnosis and Management of Idiosyncratic Drug-induced Liver Injury (DILI)

DILI Types:
 • Intrinsic - predictable, dose dependent
Idiosyncratic Drug-induced Liver ... or symptoms of liver ... Drug #induced #Liver ... #differential # ... #algorithm #gastroenterology