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 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
Disease (Cirrhosis ... Varices • Hepatic Encephalopathy ... Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... • Hepatorenal Syndrom ... 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 ... Disease Choosing ... ammonia-levels-and-hepatic-encephalopathy-patients-known ... TWDFNR #Diagnosis #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 ... Diseases of the ... Patients with liver ... disease 2. ... #HPS #hepatology
Clinical Examination for Liver and Biliary Diseases
1) Hands: Clubbing, Dupuytren's contracture, Leuconychia, Bruising, Flapping tremor (hepatic
Examination for Liver ... and Biliary Diseases ... tremor (hepatic encephalopathy ... Edema #biliary #physicalexam ... #cirrhosis #liver
Neuromyelitis Optica (NMO) - Clinical Manifestations
 • Optic neuritis: Reduced visual acuity, ranging from mild to
mainly AQP4-lgG disease ... (e.g. oculomotor ... facial numbness), Encephalopathy ... mainly MOG-lgG disease ... (AQP4-lgG disease
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
thrombocytopenia, hepatic encephalopathy ... and hepatorenal syndrome ... • Budd Chiari syndrome ... sarcoidosis) • Liver ... Diagnosis #causes #hepatology
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
Liver Disease in ... necrosis HELLP Syndrome ... coagulopathy, encephalopathy ... #Disease #Pregnancy ... #hepatology #obstetrics
Asterixis is a type of negative myoclonus characterized by irregular lapses of posture of various body
associated with liver ... disease (hepatic ... encephalopathy) ... hyperammonemia #PhysicalExam
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Nonalcoholic fatty liver ... disease - Wilson ... disease Congestive ... (Budd-Chiari syndrome ... #Differential #Hepatology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Hemochromatosis, Wilson's Disease ... obstruction, HELLP Syndrome ... , Celiac Disease ... , Infiltrative Disease ... Acute #algorithm #hepatology