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 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
Complications • Ascites ... Esophageal Varices • Hepatic ... Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... • Hepatorenal Syndrom ... management #summary #hepatology
Causes of Ascites
Normal Peritoneum
Portal hypertension (SAAG > 1.1 g/dL)
  1. Hepatic congestionl
Hepatic congestionl ... - Budd-Chiari syndrome ... Liver disease ... - Nephrotic syndrome ... #differential #hepatology
Diagnosis of ascites according to the serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG)
SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 - Ascitic protein
Late Budd-Chiari syndrome ... , Massive liver ... Early Budd-Chiari syndrome ... leak, Nephrotic syndrome ... albumin #gradient #hepatology
Causes of Ascites - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Portal Hypertension - Prehepatic:
 • Portal vein thrombosis
 • Splenic
Causes of Ascites ... Hypertension - Hepatic ... disease • Acute liver ... Hypertension - Post-Hepatic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Hepatology
Ascites - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic liver disease (cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis) - 80%
Underlying malignancy - 10%
Congestive heart
Ascites - Differential ... Diagnosis Chronic liver ... Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome ... Disease, Fulminant Hepatic ... Differential #Diagnosis #hepatology
Differential diagnosis for pyogenic liver abscess:
Infectious etiologies predominate. Most are pyogenic (bacterial). Amebic (Entamoeba histolytica) and
abscess: Infectious ... Abscess • Tuberculosis ... AbscessHepatic ... #abscess #hepatic ... #hepatology #Differential
Deciphering the SAAG - Serum to Ascites Albumin Gradient
Ascites is either made in the liver sinusoid
either made in the liver ... sinusoid (hepatic ... or not by the liver ... The hepatic sinusoid ... liverprof #Diagnosis #Hepatology
Complications of Portal Hypertension
 • Hepatic Encephalopathy
 • Pulmonary: Hepatopulmonary syndrome, Portopulmonary hypertension, Hepatic hydrothorax
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Hypertension • Hepatic ... Hepatopulmonary syndrome ... hypertension, Hepatic ... • Ascites: Spontaneous ... Complications #hepatology
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
>10 mmHg - clinically ... of portal HTN: ascites ... and hepatorenal syndrome ... portal HTN: • Ascites ... Diagnosis #causes #hepatology
Cirrhosis - Pathophysiology
 - Ascites Formation
 - Dilutional Hyponatremia
 - Hepatorenal Syndrome
 - Spontaneous Infections

#Cirrhosis #Pathophysiology
Pathophysiology - Ascites ... - Hepatorenal Syndrome ... Pathophysiology #hepatology ... #liver