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Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
of Severe Acute Liver ... Injury - Ichemic ... injury - Viral ... Acute #Causes #Differential ... #Hepatology #Diagnosis
Table of Causes of Acute Liver Injury
#Diagnosis #Hepatology #Acute #Liver #Injury #Causes #Differential #Incidence #Table #Failure
Injury #Diagnosis ... #Hepatology #Acute ... #Liver #Injury ... #Causes #Differential ... Incidence #Table #Failure
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Clinical Guidelines ... Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis ... Injury (DILI) ... Viral Hepatitis ... #Hepatology #gastroenterology
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
Injury - Differential ... Injuryliver ... Injury Differential ... #Injury #Differential ... #Diagnosis #hepatology
Elevated Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Mild (<100-500): 
 • NAFLD
 • Cirrhosis
 •
Tests (LFTs) - Differential ... Chronic Viral Hepatitis ... • Acute Viral Hepatitis ... injury) • Ischemic ... #Diagnosis #hepatology
Patterns of Liver Injury
Transaminase Levels:
  > 50x normal - Ischemic Hepatitis
  > 20x normal
Patterns of Liver ... Injury Transaminase ... #Patterns #Liver ... #Injury #hepatology ... transaminitis #differential
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
Hepatomegaly - Differential ... Non-Malignant • Fatty Liver ... • Right Heart Failure ... #Hepatomegaly #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Hepatology
Ascites - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic liver disease (cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis) - 80%
Underlying malignancy - 10%
Congestive heart
Ascites - Differential ... Diagnosis Chronic liver ... cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis ... Congestive heart failure ... #Diagnosis #hepatology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Injury - Differential ... • Infectious: Hepatitis ... NAFLD, Autoimmune hepatitis ... #Injury #Differential ... Acute #algorithm #hepatology
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Inflammation - Hepatitis ... Nonalcoholic fatty liver ... Congestive heart failure ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Hepatology #Cirrhosis