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

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... months without treatment ... Circulation Failure Kidney ... Drug-Induced Liver Injury ... (DILI) Viral Hepatitis
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
Acute Spinal Cord ... spinal artery injury ... weakness and #Acute ... pathophysiology #signs #symptoms ... #msk #orthopedics
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... Autoimmune: Autoimmune hepatitis ... Chronic viral hepatitis ... cardiac muscle, kidneys ... #hepatitis #differential
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
viral hepatitis ... viral hepatitis ... Chronic viral hepatitis ... cardiac muscle, RBC, Kidney ... Cardiac muscle, Kidneys
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
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Skin involvement, Kidney ... non-essential drug/HDS treatments ... dechallenge • Acute ... ascites), Chronic hepatitis ... • Autoimmune hepatitis
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 
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Acute Kidney Injury ... malignancies Treatment ... Proximal tubular injury ... cyclophosphamide) #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
muscle, liver, and kidney ... : • Early acute ... hepatitisAcute ... Hepatocellular Injury ... associated with any symptoms
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... cryoglobulins, hepatitis ... cardiac imaging #Acute ... #Kidney #Injury