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Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
Causes of Severe ... - Acute biliary ... Hemochromatosis - Primary biliary ... #Causes #Differential ... #Hepatology #Diagnosis
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Causes of Acute ... Liver Injury - Differential ... , Acute biliary ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #hepatology
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
• Pregnancy - AFLP ... • Alcoholic hepatitis ... Duct Stone • Biliary ... Others #LFTs #Hepatology ... #Causes
Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Liver:
 - Infectious: Acute viral hepatitis, Liver abscess
 - Non-infectious: hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications),
viral hepatitis ... Non-infectious: hepatitis ... "biliary colic") ... #RUQ #Pain #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular Causes ... #differential # ... #hepatology
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
Hepatomegaly - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Cholangitis • Primary Biliary ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hepatology
Important Causes of RUQ and Midline Abdominal Pain - Illness Scripts
PUD, Gastroenteritis, Small bowel obstruction, Appendicitis,
Important Causes ... Pancreatitis Biliary ... , Acute Hepatitis ... AbdominalPain #differential ... #diagnosis #signs
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
) Elevation - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Intestine - Other causes ... PSC - Other biliary ... #hepatology
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
congenital - Primary biliary ... 14 percent) #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Hepatology #Cirrhosis ... #Causes
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... infiltration) Differential ... Hepatitis, Preeclampsia ... Liver #Pregnancy #hepatology