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Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
of Severe Acute Liver ... Acute biliary obstruction ... - Drug-Induced liver ... Acute #Causes #Differential ... #Hepatology #Diagnosis
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Injury - Differential ... Acute biliary obstruction ... Intrahepatic • Obstructive ... #Injury #Differential ... Acute #algorithm #hepatology
Causes of Ascites - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Portal Hypertension - Prehepatic:
 • Portal vein thrombosis
 • Splenic
Causes of Ascites - Differential ... disease • Acute liver ... • Sinusoidal obstruction ... vena cava obstruction ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Hepatology
Dilated Abdominal Veins and Caput Medusae - Direction of Blood Flow

Vein Milking technique can be used
Dilated Abdominal ... below Azygos, anterior ... chest wall & abdominal ... physicalexam #diagnosis #hepatology ... #comparison #abdominal
Causes of Portal Hypertension According to Site of Vascular Obstruction
1) Prehepatic pre-sinusoidal: Portal vein thrombosis due
Site of Vascular Obstruction ... to cirrhosis, Abdominal ... Cirrhosis, Polycystic liver ... portalhypertension #phtn #differential ... diagnosis #causes #hepatology
Diagnosis of ascites according to the serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG)
SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 - Ascitic protein
syndrome, Massive liver ... syndrome, IVC obstruction ... , Sinusoidal obstruction ... albumin #gradient #hepatology ... #differential #
ACUTE ABDOMEN systemic sonographic approach to acute abdomen in emergency 
department - Mnemonic and Differential

A -
- Mnemonic and Differential ... A - Abdominal ... C - Collapsed inferior ... bowel loop O - Obstructive ... Diagnosis #POCUS #Ultrasound
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
 •
Transaminitis - Differential ... Trauma: Shock liver ... thrombosis, Sinusoidal obstruction ... Transaminases #hepatitis #Differential ... Diagnosis #causes #hepatology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... nausea, vomiting, abdominal ... Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... infiltration) Differential ... #Pregnancy #hepatology
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
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Cholestasis / Obstructive ... Encephalopathy Cellular Destruction ... - elevation Obstruction ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential ... #Hepatology #transaminitis