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Diagnosis of ascites according to the serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG)
SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 - Ascitic protein
albumin gradient ... Late Budd-Chiari syndrome ... , Massive liver ... #albumin #gradient ... #hepatology #differential
Ascites Differential Diagnosis Table - Serum Ascites Albumin Gradient (SAAG)

SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 • Cirrhosis
 • Portal
Ascites Differential ... Albumin Gradient ... • Nephrotic syndrome ... #Differential # ... #SAAG #hepatology
Serum Ascites Albumin Gradient (SAAG) - Differential Diagnosis
High albumin gradient (>1.1 g/dl):
 - Cirrhosis	
 - Alcoholic
- Differential ... - Massive liver ... - Acute fatty liver ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #hepatology
Deciphering the SAAG - Serum to Ascites Albumin Gradient
Ascites is either made in the liver sinusoid
Albumin Gradient ... made in the liver ... or not by the liver ... Serum #Albumin #Gradient ... Interpretation #Differential
 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
End Stage Liver ... Complications • Ascites ... Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... • Hepatorenal Syndrom ... management #summary #hepatology
Cirrhosis - Pathophysiology
 - Ascites Formation
 - Dilutional Hyponatremia
 - Hepatorenal Syndrome
 - Spontaneous Infections

#Cirrhosis #Pathophysiology
Pathophysiology - Ascites ... - Hepatorenal Syndrome ... Pathophysiology #hepatology ... #liver
Ascites - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic liver disease (cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis) - 80%
Underlying malignancy - 10%
Congestive heart
Ascites - Differential ... Diagnosis Chronic liver ... Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #hepatology
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
Hypertension - Differential ... ) estimated by gradient ... of portal HTN: ascites ... and hepatorenal syndrome ... portal HTN: • Ascites
Causes of Ascites - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Portal Hypertension - Prehepatic:
 • Portal vein thrombosis
 • Splenic
Causes of Ascites ... - Differential ... disease • Acute liver ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Hepatology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... (HPS) HPS-differential ... Patients with liver ... Alveolar-arterial oxygen gradient ... #HPS #hepatology