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Patterns of Liver Injury
Transaminase Levels:
  > 50x normal - Ischemic Hepatitis
  > 20x normal
Patterns of Liver Injury ... normal - Hemolysis, NASH ... Patterns #Liver #Injury ... #hepatology #LFTs ... transaminitis #differential
Causes of Diffuse Lymphadenopathy - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Reactive:
 - Systemic Inflammatory
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Lymphadenopathy - Differential ... • Systemic Lupus ... Tuberculosis • Hepatitis ... Leukemia - History of Bleeding ... Algorithm #Causes #Hematology
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Failure (ACLF) Clinical ... Drug-Induced Liver Injury ... (DILI) Viral Hepatitis ... Procedures Management ... Failure #Cirrhosis #Hepatology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... disease: > 2 • NASH ... RBC (hemolysis, bleeding ... #hepatitis #differential ... diagnosis #algorithm #hepatology
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Check Acute viral hepatitis ... disease: > 2 • NASH ... RBC (hemolysis, bleeding ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential ... #Hepatology #transaminitis
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Summary Overview
- Epidemiology
- Pathophysiology
- Clinical Features
- Labs
- Diagnosis
- Differential Diagnosis
- Treatment

Sarah Onorato @sonorato11

#Alcoholic
Alcoholic Hepatitis ... Pathophysiology - Clinical ... - Diagnosis - Differential ... #hepatology #diagnosis ... #algorithm #management
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Autoimmune Hepatitis ... pattern of liver injury ... (eg Viral) Management ... AIH #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hepatology
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
) Suspect: Clinical ... permanent alopecia Differential ... Malignancy (e.g. hematologic ... lymphoproliferative syndrome Clinical ... Noninfectious hepatitis
Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Clinical triad: Fever, Arthralgia/arthritis, Skin rash ± odynophagia
+ Biological inflammation: Increased neutrophils, Hyperferritinemia, decreased
Still's Disease Clinical ... arthritis, Skin rash ... fraction < 20% Differential ... hepatomegaly, hepatitis ... Disease #diagnosis #management
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
infiltration) Differential ... Diagnosis: Viral Hepatitis ... Maternal Support - Critical ... Liver #Pregnancy #hepatology ... obgyn #diagnosis #management