23 results
 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
Disease (Cirrhosis ... Carcinoma (HCC) • Hepatopulmonary ... Syndrome (HPS) ... • Hepatorenal Syndrom ... management #summary #hepatology
Complications of Portal Hypertension
 • Hepatic Encephalopathy
 • Pulmonary: Hepatopulmonary syndrome, Portopulmonary hypertension, Hepatic hydrothorax
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• Pulmonary: Hepatopulmonary ... syndrome, Portopulmonary ... hydrothorax • Cirrhotic ... Renal: Hepatorenal syndrome ... Complications #hepatology
Disorders of the Hepatic and Mesenteric Circulation

Platelets in Cirrhosis
Hypercoagulability in Cirrhosis
Bleeding in Cirrhosis
Portal Vein Thrombosis (PVT)
Mesenteric
Platelets in Cirrhosis ... Portal Vein Thrombosis ... ) Budd Chiari Syndrome ... Circulation #Disorders #Hepatology ... #Gastroenterology
Causes of Ascites - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Portal Hypertension - Prehepatic:
 • Portal vein thrombosis
 • Splenic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Hepatic: • Cirrhosis ... disease • Acute liver ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Hepatology #causes
Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) in Cirrhosis - Management Algorithm

Very early (0) - Single <2 cm, Preserved liver
Carcinoma (HCC) in Cirrhosis ... - Management Algorithm ... Advanced stage (C) - Portal ... #Management #Algorithm ... #hepatology
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
and hepatorenal syndrome ... • Budd Chiari syndrome ... sarcoidosis) • Liver ... metastasis • Fatty liver ... Diagnosis #causes #hepatology
Portal Hypertension Classification by site of vascular obstruction
1) Post-hepatic Post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome
2) Intrahepatic Post-sinusoidal: Veno-occlusive disease
3)
Post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome ... 3) Sinusoidal: Cirrhosis ... , Polycystic liver ... or secondary to cirrhosis ... Classification #gastroenterology
Causes of Portal Hypertension According to Site of Vascular Obstruction
1) Prehepatic pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis due
or secondary to cirrhosis ... 3) Sinusoidal: Cirrhosis ... , Polycystic liver ... post-sinusoidal: Budd-Chiari syndrome ... diagnosis #causes #hepatology
Diagnosis of ascites according to the serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG)
SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 - Ascitic protein
protein ≤ 2.5 g/dL: Cirrhosis ... Late Budd-Chiari syndrome ... , Massive liver ... albumin #gradient #hepatology ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Non-Malignant • Fatty Liver ... • Budd-Chiari Syndrome ... Primary Biliary Cirrhosis ... #Causes #Hepatology