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Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic Liver ... months without treatment ... Coagulation Failure Infections ... Cirrhosis #Hepatology #gastroenterology ... #management #diagnosis
Prevention and Treatment of Nutritional Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Types of Bariatric Surgery:
 • Adjustable Gastric Banding
Prevention and Treatment ... Gallstones • Liver ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Treatment #Complications ... #Deficiencies #Gastroenterology
Suspected Celiac Disease - Diagnosis Algorithm

Celiac disease suspected:
 • Signs and symptoms of celiac disease
 •
Celiac Disease - Diagnosis ... unresponsive to treatment ... • Elevated liver ... NSAlDs, ARBs) • Infection ... #Algorithm #gastroenterology
Complications after Bariatric Surgery
Post Bariatric Intestinal Failure:
 • Severe protein malnutrition after bariatric surgery
 • More
nutrients • TPN for treatment ... complication rate (i.e. infections ... Liver Disease in ... excluded limb • Treatment ... #diagnosis #differential
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
RGM • Plastic surgery ... RGM • Cardiac surgery ... (elevations of liver ... Diagnosis Of NTM ... #differential #diagnosis
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
Histoplasmosis Diagnosis ... Mississippi and Ohio River ... Increased protein level ... normal glucose level ... Sinusitis • Brain abscess
C.diff - Clostridioides Difficile Infection (CDI) - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Clinical Presentation + Progression:
Clostridioides Difficile Infection ... mucus, Abd pain, Fever ... #1 nosocomial infection ... equivocal • CT A/P: Assess ... #IDSA #gastroenterology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
glucose by the liver ... contribution of liver ... regional ischemia, surgery ... mellitus/DKA - Liver ... gluconeogenesis Liver
Acute Pancreatitis - Diagnosis and Management - GrepMed Handbook

Presentation: 
 • Epigastric abdominal pain (90%, characteristically
• Other: ERCP/surgery ... dysfunction), Familial, Infectious ... early; late to assess ... #Management #Treatment ... #Gastroenterology
Endocarditis - Overview and Differential Diagnosis Framework

Who?
Infectious:
• Pre-existing valvular disease
• Prosthetic valve
• Congenital heart disease
• IV
and Differential Diagnosis ... night sweats, fever ... hematuria, + RF Treatment ... antibiotics • Surgery ... Viridans Surgery