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Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Hepatic artery: Shock ... VZV • Trauma: Shock ... Infiltration: Often breast ... function may be abnormal ... RBC (hemolysis, bleeding
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
rapidly progresses: cell ... failure -> death Common ... wet (dependent areas ... AI, thyroid dz liver ... • Hemorrhagic: bleeding
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
rapidly progresses: cell ... failure -> death Common ... wet (dependent areas ... AI, thyroid dz liver ... • Hemorrhagic: bleeding
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... tests algorithm ... Areas of diagnostic ... well include extrahepatic ... #Algorithm #Hepatology
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
dysfunction (16%) • Shock ... Schistocytes, helmet cells ... DIC • Severe Liver ... Treatment: • Treat ... - APTT < 1.5 x normal
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
Common Variable ... to impaired B-cell ... disease • Liver ... - gastric and breast ... levels are within normal
Polycythemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Polycythemia itself isn’t a diagnosis. Like many things, it is a condition
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Too many cells in ... : neuro, heme (bleeding ... workup, think about common ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Common Malignancies That Cause Ascites
The most common malignancies causing ascites are ovarian cancer, pancreatic cancer, gastric
Common Malignancies ... - Signet ring cell ... is peritoneal seeding ... Breast Cancer ... CARCINOMATOSIS - Tumor cells
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
sx overlap with normal ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... Postpartum Period • Breast-feeding ... are relatively common
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
droppings • Most common ... level • A low or normal ... Hematopoietic stem cell ... cell Coccidioidomycosis ... fever • Septic shock