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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
Nutrition in Cirrhosis: Dos and Don’ts
Screening:
 • Patients at risk for RFH-Nutritional Prioritizing Tool
 • Low
Nutrition in Cirrhosis ... Analysis, muscle ultrasound ... cirrhosis. ... #Nutrition #Cirrhosis ... diet #management #hepatology
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
syndromes Clinical ... is the main clinical ... rash) • Heart, lung ... Treatment: • Corticosteroids ... Diagnosis #Management #Hematology
TRALI vs TACO - Transfusion Reactions
TRALI:
 • Epidemiology: 0.1% of transfused patientsl
 • Risk factors: Critical
Risk factors: Critical ... : 33% • Treatment ... : No • Treatment ... Transfusion #Reactions #hematology ... diagnosis #comparison #table
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
Systemic Therapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma - AGA Clinical Practice Guideline

First Line Treatment for HCC with Preserved
Carcinoma - AGA Clinical ... First Line Treatment ... with Preserved Liver ... #Management #Hepatology ... Gastroenterology #oncology #Pharmacology
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
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