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Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
- Autoimmune ... hepatitis - Wilson ... disease - Hemochromatosis ... #Differential #Hepatology ... #Diagnosis
Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia (AIHA) - Differential Diagnosis Table

Warm AIHA (48-70%)
Cold AHA (16-32%)
 • Donath-Landsteiner HA (paroxysmal
Autoimmune Hemolytic ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Cold Agglutinin Disease ... AIHA (7-8%) DAT-negative ... #Table #hematology
Summary of Coagulation Deficiencies
Inherited:
 • Hemophilia A - Deficiency of Factor VIII
 • Hemophilia B -
Advanced Liver Disease ... Alcohol, Viral hepatitis ... , Autoimmune • ... Summary #table #comparison ... #diagnosis #hematology
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Inflammation - Hepatitis ... 15 percent) - Hepatitis ... Schistosomiasis - Autoimmune ... 14 percent) #Diagnosis ... #Differential #Hepatology
Autoimmune Hepatitis Treatment Algorithm

#Autoimmune #Hepatitis #Treatment #Algorithm #management #hepatology
Autoimmune Hepatitis ... #Autoimmune ... #Hepatitis #Treatment ... #Algorithm #management ... #hepatology
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
- Differential Diagnosis ... Hemochromatosis • Wilson's Disease ... • Autoimmune ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Algorithm #Causes #Hepatology
Autoantibodies and their Disease Associations
ANA - Non-specific; common in SLE, autoimmune hepatitis
Anti-CCP, Rheumatoid factor - RA
Anti-dsDNA
common in SLE, autoimmune ... hepatitis Anti-CCP ... microsomal) - Autoimmune ... #diagnosis #table ... #rheumatology #
Expected DAT Results in Autoimmune Hemolysis
DAT Negative Hemolysis
 • DAT Poly ( - ), IgG (
DAT Results in Autoimmune ... Hemolysis DAT Negative ... Cold agglutinin disease ... #Hemolysis #hematology ... #diagnosis
Warm vs Cold Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia
Warm Autoimmune Hemolytic Anemia:
 • Mechanism: IgG and Complement-mediated
 • Etiology:
Warm vs Cold Autoimmune ... Spherocytes • Treatment ... transient hemolysis • Treatment ... Hemolytic #Anemia #hematology ... #diagnosis #comparison
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
 •
- Differential Diagnosis ... Metabolic: Wilson Disease ... obstruction syndrome • Autoimmune ... hepatitis • Iatrogenic ... #causes #hepatology