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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 ... months without treatment ... Brain Failure Lung ... #Hepatology #gastroenterology
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 ... #hepatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
five major clinical ... fungal stain of clinical ... , neutropenia, cirrhosis ... change in the lungs ... nails, bronchi, lungs
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
presence in the lower lung ... of orthodeoxia CLINICAL ... • Stigmata of cirrhosis ... the left heart TREATMENT ... #diagnosis #hepatology
It is important to recognize Acute Decompensated Heart Failure (ADHF) as more than just simply a
importantly, bedside ultrasound ... & Dry) is the treatment ... #differential #algorithm ... #table #foamed ... #pharmacology
False Lung Point on Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS)

Your patient is stable but has diminished breath
Your patient is stable ... but has diminished ... Lung ultrasound ... base at the level ... #Ultrasound #Clinical
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
disease: cirrhosis ... Diagnosis (Clinical ... Normal kidney ultrasound ... Treatment Overview ... #Syndrome #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 ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment ... lubricants • Pharmacologic
Overview of antifungal agents benefits, weaknesses, and adverse effects in the treatment of Coccidioidomycosis.
Fluconazole - Low
effects in the treatment ... tolerable • Limited clinical ... hypokalemia, phlebitis, fever ... antifungals #comparison #table ... #pharmacology