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Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Injury - Differential ... Syndrome, Celiac Disease ... Toxic: Medication, Pregnancy ... #Injury #Differential ... Acute #algorithm #hepatology
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Elevated Liver Enzymes ... • Wilson's • Pregnancy ... • Drugs • AIH ... • Cholestatic disease ... • Alcoholic hepatitis
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
of Pregnancy (AFLP ... : • Defect in fetal ... infiltration) Differential ... Diagnosis: Viral Hepatitis ... #Pregnancy #hepatology
Clinical Diagnosis of Autoimmune Hepatitis
 - Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks
 - Ongoing consumption
Clinical Diagnosis ... >1.5, and both values ... ) or metabolic liver ... #Diagnosis #Hepatology ... #AIH
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
Liver Disease in ... #Disease #Pregnancy ... #hepatology #obstetrics ... #hepatitis #comparison ... #differential #
Clinical diagnosis of Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH)
 • Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks
 • Ongoing
Clinical diagnosis ... >1.5, and both values ... ) or metabolic liver ... Possible drug-induced liver ... #AH #hepatology
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Failure (ACLF) Clinical ... disease, liver ... (AAH) Drug-Induced ... ) Viral Hepatitis ... Failure #Cirrhosis #Hepatology
Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Framework

1) Environment
  - Fragmentation
  - MAHA: TTP, HUS, DIC, HELLP
Hemolysis - Differential ... HELLP - Grafts, Valves ... Autoimmune: Warm AIHA ... Defects, Drugs, Liver ... Disease, PNH
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Autoimmune Hepatitis ... from subclinical disease ... to acute liver ... hepatocellular pattern of liver ... #Management #Hepatology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... melanoma, myeloma • Pregnancy ... #injury #hepatitis ... #differential # ... diagnosis #algorithm #hepatology