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Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Liver Failure ( ... in those with CLD ... months without treatment ... Kidney Failure ... #diagnosis
Diuretics and Agents Regulating Renal Excretion

Carbonic Anhydrase Inhibitors (Acetazolamide, Dichlorphenamide)
 • Glaucoma
 • Epilepsy
 • Altitude
irrigation • Management ... , chronic kidney ... , chronic kidney ... , and chronic kidney ... , chronic kidney
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
LFTs R-value: Serum ... Failure (ALF): ... > 2 • NASH, Chronic ... injury: > 3 • Chronic ... #chemistry #diagnosis
Gout - Diagnosis and Management Summary

3 Conditions for Gout to Manifest:
1. Hyperuricemia
2. Monosodium urate deposition in
and Management ... Decrease dosage in CKD ... attack + stage ≥3 CKD ... • Oral drug failure ... #management #treatment
Hyponatremia - Diagnosis and Treatment
Hyponatremia is usually caused by the inability to excrete water normally.
Calculate serum ... correction of chronic ... include vaptans (HF/liver ... #Treatment #management ... #nephrology #sodium
Acromegaly - Diagnosis and Management Summary - GrepMed Handbook 

Clinical Presentation: 
 • Classic Acromegaly: frontal
Mortality due to CVD ... GH stimulates liver ... and Workup: • Serum ... suppression test → ⨁ if failure ... #Treatment #Pathophysiology
Pulmonary Histoplasmosis
Quick Facts on Histoplasma capsulatum:
 • Dimorphic fungi, in yeast phase within the body
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valleys • Lives ... Sputum / BAL cx, Serum ... depends on acute or chronic ... for respiratory failure ... #management #treatment
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
failure ... Criteria): • ↑ Serum ... Treatment Overview ... Syndrome #Hepatology #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis
Management of Pruritus in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease
Pruritus with no primary lesions - differential diagnosis:
Patients with Chronic ... Kidney Disease ... - differential diagnosis ... pruritus • Liver ... #Nephrology #CKD