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

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Failure (ACLF) Clinical ... those with CLD (± cirrhosis ... Brain Failure Lung ... #Failure #Cirrhosis ... #Hepatology #gastroenterology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
Macrophage Activation ... is the main clinical ... rash) • Heart, lung ... ALT ↑ bilirubin level ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management
Nutrition in Cirrhosis: Dos and Don’ts
Screening:
 • Patients at risk for RFH-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool
 • Low
Nutrition in Cirrhosis ... Analysis, muscle ultrasound ... cirrhosis. ... #diet #management ... #hepatology #pathophysiology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... • Chronic lung ... community-acquired infections: Pneumonia ... Low serum IgG level ... #diagnosis #management
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
absence of intrinsic lung ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... with or without cirrhosis ... on radioactive lung ... #treatment #hepatology
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
salivary ducts Clinical ... primary biliary cirrhosis ... MALT Lymphoma • Lung ... lubricants • Pharmacologic ... Rheumatology #Diagnosis #Management
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
disease: cirrhosis ... sympathetic + ADH activation ... Diagnosis (Clinical ... Normal kidney ultrasound ... Hepatorenal #Syndrome #Hepatology