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Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
Severe Acute Liver Injury ... - Autoimmune ... disease - Hemochromatosis ... #Differential #Hepatology ... #Diagnosis
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
→ liver test abnormalities ... • Infections: Hepatitis ... Other: NAFLD, Autoimmune ... HELLP, Celiac disease ... #hepatology #algorithm
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
of Acute Liver Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Other: NAFLD, Autoimmune ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... Acute #algorithm #hepatology
Clinical Diagnosis of Autoimmune Hepatitis
 - Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks
 - Ongoing consumption
of Autoimmune Hepatitis ... >1.5, and both values ... atypical laboratory tests ... #Hepatitis #Diagnosis ... #Hepatology #AIH
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... • Autoimmune: ... Autoimmune hepatitis ... extrahepatic source - Tests ... #hepatology
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis ... Alcohol-related liver disease ... steatosis • Autoimmune ... hepatitis #DILI ... #hepatology
Clinical diagnosis of Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH)
 • Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks
 • Ongoing
Clinical diagnosis ... >1.5, and both values ... atypical laboratory tests ... #diagnosis #Alcoholic ... #hepatology #criteria
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
- Differential Diagnosis ... HELLP - Grafts, Valves ... Membrane): - Autoimmune ... Laboratory Tests ... #hematology
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Autoimmune Hepatitis ... from subclinical disease ... pattern of liver injury ... BryanCUlrich #Autoimmune ... #Hepatology
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Interpretation of LFTs R-value ... of cholestatic disease ... Alcoholic liver disease ... liver #chemistry #diagnosis ... #differential #Hepatology