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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 ... Classification #diagnosis #management
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 ... Classification #diagnosis #management
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 ... causes #treatment #management
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to impaired B-cell ... disease • Liver ... - gastric and breast ... and M panel Management ... levels are within normal
Peripartum Cardiomyopathy - Summary
1. Definition
 • Towards the end of pregnancy to 5 months postpartum
sx overlap with normal ... Pts: cardiogenic shock ... Management during ... Postpartum Period • Breast-feeding ... are relatively common
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
droppings • Most common ... Hematopoietic stem cell ... cell Coccidioidomycosis ... fever • Septic shock ... Fungal #Diagnosis #Management
Langerhans Cell Histiocytosis (LCH)

Granulomatous Lesions comprising langerin-positive histiocytes and an inflammatory infiltrate can arise in virtually
various tissues, leading ... areas include the ... Multisystem (High Risk) Liver ... organs like the liver ... Histiocytosis #Diagnosis #Management