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

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic Liver ... Kidney Failure ... Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis ... Injury (DILI) ... Viral Hepatitis
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
Injuryliver ... test abnormalities ... failure 1) Hepatocellular ... • Infections: Hepatitis ... Diagnosis #hepatology #algorithm
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... extrahepatic source - Tests ... #injury #hepatitis ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Check Acute viral hepatitis ... Check Acute viral hepatitis ... Failure (ALF): ... • Liver injury ... Cardiac muscle, Kidneys
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm ... Skin involvement, Kidney ... ascites), Chronic hepatitis ... • Autoimmune hepatitis ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Acute Kidney Injury - Classification
Prerenal:
 • Dehydration
 • Heart failure (a.k.a. cardiorenal syndrome)
 • Liver failure
Acute Kidney Injury ... Dehydration • Heart failure ... cardiorenal syndrome) • Liver ... failure (a.k.a. ... #diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute Kidney ... Injury ( AKI ) ... #Injury #Prerenal ... #Differential #Nephrology ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Causes of Polyuria - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polyuria - Urine Output > 3L/day, Increased Urine Volume (>2ml/min)
Osmotic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... from Acute Renal Failure ... Water Deprivation Test ... >50% - Proper kidney ... #Polyuria #Nephrology
Acute Kidney Injury - AKI Workup Algorithm and Differential Diagnosis
Baseline Investigations: full blood count with differential,
Acute Kidney Injury ... - AKI Workup Algorithm ... cryoglobulins, hepatitis ... #Injury #AKI #Workup ... #Diagnosis #nephrology
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Traumatic brain injury ... Hypoxia, Uremia, Liver ... failure, Eclampsia ... #Causes #neurology