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Disorders of the Hepatic and Mesenteric Circulation

Platelets in Cirrhosis
Hypercoagulability in Cirrhosis
Bleeding in Cirrhosis
Portal Vein Thrombosis (PVT)
Mesenteric
Portal Vein Thrombosis ... Mesenteric Vein Thrombosis ... ) Budd Chiari Syndrome ... Circulation #Disorders #Hepatology ... Gastroenterology #diagnosis #Management
Ascites Differential Diagnosis Table - Serum Ascites Albumin Gradient (SAAG)

SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 • Cirrhosis
 • Portal
SAAG ≥ 1.1: • Cirrhosis ... • Portal vein thrombosis ... • Nephrotic syndrome ... • Malignancy ... Gradient #SAAG #hepatology
 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
Liver Disease (Cirrhosis ... Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... • Hepatorenal Syndrom ... Complications #diagnosis #management ... #summary #hepatology
Causes of Ascites - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Portal Hypertension - Prehepatic:
 • Portal vein thrombosis
 • Splenic
• Portal vein thrombosis ... • Splenic vein thrombosis ... - Hepatic: • Cirrhosis ... Protein-rich: • Malignancy ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Hepatology
Causes of Portal Hypertension According to Site of Vascular Obstruction
1) Prehepatic pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis due
pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis ... or secondary to cirrhosis ... hyperplasia, Metastatic malignant ... post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome ... diagnosis #causes #hepatology
Treatment Algorithm for First Time DVT
 • Provoked
 • Unprovoked
 • Active Malignancy

By Carlin Rooke, MD.

#DVT
Unprovoked • Active Malignancy ... Treatment #Algorithm #management ... #hematology #VTE ... #thrombosis #venous
Treatment Algorithm for First Time Pulmonary Embolism
 • Provoked
 • Unprovoked
 • Active Malignancy

By Carlin Rooke,
Unprovoked • Active Malignancy ... Treatment #Algorithm #management ... #hematology #VTE ... #thrombosis #venous
Ascites - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic liver disease (cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis) - 80%
Underlying malignancy - 10%
Congestive heart
liver disease (cirrhosis ... 80% Underlying malignancy ... failure - 3-5% Cirrhosis ... Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #hepatology
Venous Thrombosis vs Arterial Thrombosis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

VENOUS THROMBOSIS

 • Acquired Risk Factors:
	- >48 hours
- Surgery - Malignancy ... TTP, APLS • Malignancy ... • Nephrotic Syndrome ... Hypercoagulability: - Malignancy ... pathophysiology #hematology
Differential diagnosis of schistocytes / fragmentation hemolysis:
 • Thrombotic microangiopathies (TMA)
    - TTP
hemolysis: • Thrombotic ... hemolytic-uremic syndrome ... - Drug-induced thrombotic ... Trousseau's • Malignant ... anemia" • HELLP syndrome