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Table of Causes of Acute Liver Injury
#Diagnosis #Hepatology #Acute #Liver #Injury #Causes #Differential #Incidence #Table #Failure
of Acute Liver Injury ... #Diagnosis #Hepatology ... #Acute #Liver #Injury ... #Causes #Differential ... Incidence #Table #Failure
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
- Differential ... evidence of liver failure ... Differential Diagnosis ... Diagnosis #hepatology ... Transaminitis #LFTs
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
months without treatment ... Lung Failure ... Drug-Induced Liver Injury ... #Cirrhosis #Hepatology ... gastroenterology #management #diagnosis
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Traumatic brain injury ... Hyperglycemia, Hyponatremia ... Uremia, Liver failure
Shock - Differential Diagnosis Framework
 - MAP <65. SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... Insufficiency, Liver Failure ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... #Diagnosis #criticalcare
Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Classification and Differential ... Diagnosis SHOCK ... Insufficiency, Liver Failure ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... #criticalcare
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Interpretation of LFTs ... Identify Acute Liver Failure ... liver #chemistry #diagnosis ... #differential # ... Hepatology #transaminitis
Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
 • Fever, acute onset RUQ pain,
Supportive with treatment ... to acute liver failure ... Hepatobiliary #hepatology ... #hepatitis #differential ... #diagnosis
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Pleural Effusion - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Congestive heart failure ... • Postcardiac injury ... #Algorithm #Hepatology
Approach to Undifferentiated Shock - OnePager Summary
Shock occurs when there is inadequate blood flow (CO) &
essential to determine treatment ... bradycardia, VF etc), RV Failure ... (PE, PHTN), LV Failure ... anesthesia), Liver Failure ... #differential #