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Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... of Pregnancy (AFLP ... : • Defect in fetal ... headache, malaise) → Acute ... #Liver #Pregnancy
Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy - TTP/HUS, HELLP Syndrome and Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Three syndromes in
Thrombocytopenia and Pregnancy ... HELLP Syndrome and Acute ... Fatty Liver of ... Pregnancy (AFLP) ... plasma exchange 3) Fatty
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
Liver Disease in Pregnancy ... Cholestasis of Pregnancy ... and hemorrhage Acute ... Fatty Liver of ... Hepatic imaging: Fatty
Algorithm for the Evaluation of Acute Diarrhea (< 7 days)
Are the following present?
   1.
Evaluation of Acute ... Fecal leukocytes ... Fecal leukocyte ... positive 2. ... Hospitalization required #Acute
Stool Cultures - Indications in Diarrhea
Patient Categories to Order Stool Cultures On:
 • Persisting 1 week
IBD, age > 70, pregnant ... infectious causes of acute ... 196 (1.5%) had a positive
Portal Hypertension - Differential Diagnosis
Portal Pressure = the pressure difference between the pressure in the portal
• Cirrhosis/acute ... metastasis • Fatty ... liver of pregnancy
13 Dangerous Causes of Headache:
 - subarachnoid hemorrhage: family history, PCKD, known berry aneurysm, sudden and
head in dependent position ... or at work) - acute ... preeclampsia: late pregnancy ... Killers #Lethal #Fatal
Causes of Ascites
Normal Peritoneum
Portal hypertension (SAAG > 1.1 g/dL)
  1. Hepatic congestionl
fibrosis - Acute ... fatty liver of ... pregnancy 3.
Widened Pulse Pressure - Differential Diagnosis and Pathophysiology

Pulse pressure is the difference between the systolic blood
arteries) • Pregnancy ... significantly positive ... Diagnoses: • Acute
Serum Ascites Albumin Gradient (SAAG) - Differential Diagnosis
High albumin gradient (>1.1 g/dl):
 - Cirrhosis	
 - Alcoholic
Veno-occlusive disease - Acute ... fatty liver of ... pregnancy - Myxedema