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Indications for Albumin for Management of Cirrhosis
 • Large volume paracentesis (>5 liter) - 8g per
Management of Cirrhosis ... ascites removed • Acute ... kidney injury ( ... Indications #Management #Cirrhosis ... #treatment #hepatology
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... those with CLD (± cirrhosis ... months without treatment ... Circulation Failure Kidney ... Drug-Induced Liver Injury
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... weakness and #Acute ... #SpinalCord #Injury ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms ... #msk #orthopedics
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS) - Diagnostic Criteria
HRS-AKI (Acute: previously known as HRS Type 1)
 • ↑ Creatinine
Criteria HRS-AKI (Acute ... in 3 months • Cirrhosis ... No structural kidney ... injury: No proteinuria ... HRS-NAKI (Non-Acute
Vancomycin Associated Acute Kidney Injury

 • Drug induced acute kidney injury is generally defined as a
Vancomycin Associated Acute ... Kidney Injury ... • Drug induced acute ... kidney injury is ... • Treatment includes
Clinical manifestations of acute liver failure 

Brain: 
Hepatic encephalopathy,  
Cerebral edema,  
Intracranial hypertension,
manifestations of acute ... Seizures Kidney ... Subclinical myocardial injury ... lung injury, ... failure #Signs #Symptoms
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Acute Kidney Injury ... malignancies Treatment ... Proximal tubular injury ... cyclophosphamide) #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... hepatitis: < 1 • Cirrhosis ... cardiac muscle, RBC, kidney ... cardiac muscle, kidneys ... trimester placenta, kidneys
Extrapulmonary manifestations of COVID-19
 • Neurologic: Headaches, Dizziness, Encephalopathy, Guillain-Barré, Ageusia, Myalgia, Anosmia, Stroke
 • Renal:
Stroke • Renal: Acute ... kidney injury, ... cardiomyopathy, Myocardial injury ... Myocardial ischemia, Acute ... Diagnosis #Signs #Symptoms
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Mixed - Check Acute ... hepatitis: < 1 • Cirrhosis ... cardiac muscle, RBC, Kidney ... Cardiac muscle, Kidneys ... trimester placenta, kidneys