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

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Failure (ACLF) Clinical ... disease, liver ... Brain Failure Lung ... Cirrhosis #Hepatology #gastroenterology ... #management #diagnosis
Causes of Pericardial Effusion - Differential Diagnosis
Infectious:
 • Viral: Enterovirus, Herpesvirus, Adenovirus, Parvovirus
 • Bacterial: Mycobacterium
Mediterranean Fever ... : EGPA, Horton Disease ... , Takayasu Disease ... - Metastatic: Lung ... Diagnosis #Causes #cardiology
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 ... ALT ↑ bilirubin level ... #Diagnosis #Management
There is a hydropneumothorax.
Notice the air-fluid level (blue arrow).
The upper lobe is still attached to the
the air-fluid level ... There is a lung ... disease. ... disease that results ... #Clinical #Radiology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... • Chronic lung ... • Liver diseases ... Low serum IgG level ... : • Nephrotic syndrome
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... absence of intrinsic lung ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... on radioactive lung ... hepatopulmonary #syndrome
Based on the images alone, it is usually not possible to determine the cause of the
chronic illness, clinical ... with low oxygen level ... nodular interstitial lung ... disease, that is ... #Radiology #CXR
Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes
Entity - Prevalence / Incidence - Diagnosis - Arrhythmic Presentation - Management
 • Long
Inherited Arrhythmia Syndromes ... Presentation - Management ... • Long QT Syndrome ... #clinical #cardiology ... #diagnosis #management
Myasthenic Crisis Checklist - Myasthenia Gravis

Evaluation 
 - Chest X-ray and lung ultrasound (exclude other lung
Chest X-ray and lung ... ultrasound (exclude ... other lung disease ... workup or TSH level ... MyastheniaGravis #Checklist #Management
The azygoesophageal recess is the region inferior to the level of the azygos vein arch in
inferior to the level ... which the right lung ... hernia Esophageal disease ... Bronchogenic cyst #Clinical ... #Anatomy #Radiology