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Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Liver:
 - Infectious: Acute viral hepatitis, Liver abscess
 - Non-infectious: hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications),
Quadrant Pain Liver ... viral hepatitis ... , Liver abscess ... Non-infectious: hepatitis ... (Alcohol, Medications
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... Liver Failure ( ... months without treatment ... disease, liver ... Failure Infections Alcohol-Associated
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Drug Induced Liver ... HEV, EBV, CMV), Alcohol-related ... liver disease, ... dechallenge • Acute ... #DrugInduced #Liver
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
1. Severity assessed not only by MDF (>32) but also by MELD
Alcoholic Hepatitis ... - Management Algorithm ... can be bridge to Liver ... #Hepatitis #Management ... #Algorithm #treatment
Approach to the Hospitalized Patient with Cirrhosis
1) Recognize and Manage Decompensation
 • Ascites
 • Variceal Bleeding
Common Scenarios • Alcoholic ... Hepatitis • Hepatorenal ... Portosystemic Shunt • Liver ... Cirrhosis #diagnosis #treatment ... #management
Hepatitis B - Treatment Indications
Treatment not indicated:
 • Immune tolerant state - HBe-Ag detectable, high HBV
Hepatitis B - Treatment ... infection with severe liver ... > 3 mg/dL) or acute ... liver failure ... #Indications #management
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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subclinical disease to acute ... liver failure ... hepatocellular pattern of liver ... (eg Viral) Management ... regarding need for treatment
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function ≥ (or possibly MELD
Alcoholic Hepatitis ... - Management Algorithm ... : - Acute kidney ... HCV, DILI, HCC, acute ... #Hepatitis #Management
Secondary Causes of Hyperlipidemia
Nunerous secondary causes of hyperlipidemia exist; screening for the presence of these underlying
Stress, Sepsis, Alcohol ... Glucocorticoid treatment ... hepatitis, Systemic ... Anorexia nervosa, Acute ... Cholestasis, Obstructive liver
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
glucose by the liver ... contribution of liver ... mellitus/DKA - Liver ... Hypoglycemia - Alcohol ... gluconeogenesis Liver