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Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... extrahepatic source - Tests ... ALT Ratios: • Alcoholic
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Kidney Injury ( ... • Inflammatory disease ... #Kidney #Injury ... #Differential #Nephrology ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... of cholestatic disease ... ALT Ratios: • Alcoholic ... liver disease: ... Cardiac muscle, Kidneys
Causes of High-anion Gap and Non-anion Gap Metabolic Acidosis
Causes of High-anion Gap Acidosis:
 • Lactic acidosis
Ketoacidosis: Diabetic, Alcoholic ... Renal failure (acute ... Chronic progressive kidney ... disease Ill. ... diagnosis #causes #nephrology
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm ... Skin involvement, Kidney ... HEV, EBV, CMV), Alcohol-related ... liver disease, ... dechallenge • Acute
Guide to Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)

What to ask/look for: 
 - HPI, PMH, full ROS
Guide to Acute Kidney ... Injury (AKI) ... - Pre-renal disease ... AcuteKidneyInjury #AKI #Nephrology ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
muscle, liver, and kidney ... : • Early acute ... hepatitis • Acute ... fever) • Drugs (alcohol ... Idiosyncratic LDH Elevation
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
presentations and disease ... liver or renal injury ... or diagnostic tests ... peritonitis - Acute ... Hypoglycemia - Alcohol
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function ≥ (or possibly MELD
Alcoholic Hepatitis ... - Management Algorithm ... Treatment: - Acute ... kidney injury with ... - Concomitant diseases