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

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... ACLF) Clinical Guidelines ... disease, liver ... #Chronic #Liver ... #Hepatology #gastroenterology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
and Workup History ... test, ANA (e.g., SLE ... (CVID, WAS), (neurologic ... #Causes #Workup ... #hematology
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) - Diagnosis and Management Summary
 • Epidemiology: 10-180/100,000, Typically Age 20-40, F:M
(SLE) - Diagnosis ... 40, F:M 9:1 • Clinical ... • Immunologic Workup ... • Evolution: Chronic ... disease Dr.
Drug Induced Lupus vs SLE
Drug Induced Lupus (DIL):
 • Epidemiology: -10% of all lupus cases, drug-dependent,
months to years) Systemic ... • Evolution: Chronic ... disease Dr. ... #comparison #table ... diagnosis #management
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia - Summary

Cancer affecting lymphocytes/Mature B cell neoplasm
 • Lymphocytes accumulate in large numbers
Orange or Hep C Clinical ... cells can indicate disease ... ’s lymphoma or acute ... #workup #oncology ... #hematology
Hepatic Encephalopathy - Diagnosis and Management Summary
Definition:
 • Alteration in brain function manifested by neuropsychiatric symptoms
by liver insufficiency ... of neurologic/cognitive ... Prevalence: At cirrhosis ... over course of disease ... #hepatology
Rheumatology Workup - Laboratories Studies in Rheumatic Diseases

• Septic arthritis - Gram stain and culture of
Rheumatology Workup ... affected joint • Systemic ... Screening Tests for Acute ... profile, including liver ... ANA and RF (if clinical
Sjogren's Syndrome Overview

Epidemiology:
• F > M: 9:1
• 5-6th Decades (can be any age)

Autoimmune exocrinopathy multisystemic disease
overlaps with RA, SLE ... salivary ducts Clinical ... vasculitis: 10%-16% Liver ... primary biliary cirrhosis ... Adenocarcinoma Treatment
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
liver disease characterized ... liver disease ... arteriovenous shunting causes ... of orthodeoxia CLINICAL ... #diagnosis #hepatology
Mycoses

HISTOPLASMOSIS
• Inhalation of conidia → Yeast → travel to lymph nodes → spread in body
• Bird
has five major clinical ... Mississippi and Ohio River ... pulmonary, systemic ... fungal stain of clinical ... , neutropenia, cirrhosis