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 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
End Stage Liver ... Varices • Hepatic Encephalopathy ... Syndrom (HRS) • Liver ... SBP) #ESLD #Liver ... management #summary #hepatology
Ammonia Levels & Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease 
Choosing Wisely: Things We Do
Levels & Hepatic Encephalopathy ... Patients with Chronic Liver ... ammonia-levels-and-hepatic-encephalopathy-patients-known ... TWDFNR #Diagnosis #Hepatology
Cirrhosis leading to Chronic Liver Failure - Clinical Signs and Symptoms

#Cirrhosis #LiverFailure #Signs #Symptoms #PhysicalExam #Findings
leading to Chronic Liver ... Signs #Symptoms #PhysicalExam ... Findings #Diagnosis #Hepatology
Shotgun Laboratory Testing for Severe Acute Livery Injury

https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/143598/hospital-medicine/ammonia-levels-and-hepatic-encephalopathy-patients-known

#TWDFNR #Testing #Laboratory #LiverInjury #Diagnosis #Workup #Hepatology #EBM #ChoosingWisely
for Severe Acute Livery ... ammonia-levels-and-hepatic-encephalopathy-patients-known ... Diagnosis #Workup #Hepatology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... hepatocytes → Liver ... malaise) → Acute liver ... hypoglycemia, encephalopathy ... #Pregnancy #hepatology
Asterixis is a type of negative myoclonus characterized by irregular lapses of posture of various body
associated with liver ... disease (hepatic encephalopathy ... hyperammonemia #PhysicalExam
Clinical Examination for Liver and Biliary Diseases
1) Hands: Clubbing, Dupuytren's contracture, Leuconychia, Bruising, Flapping tremor (hepatic
Examination for Liver ... tremor (hepatic encephalopathy ... Edema #biliary #physicalexam ... #cirrhosis #liver
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
Liver Disease in ... Hemolysis, Elevated Liver ... clinical features: Liver ... coagulopathy, encephalopathy ... Disease #Pregnancy #hepatology
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Liver Chemistries ... Identify Acute Liver ... INR > 1.5 • Encephalopathy ... - Specific to liver ... #differential #Hepatology
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
thrombocytopenia, hepatic encephalopathy ... sarcoidosis) • Liver ... metastasis • Fatty liver ... Diagnosis #causes #hepatology