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 End Stage Liver Disease (Cirrhosis) - Complications 
 • Ascites
 • Esophageal Varices
 • Hepatic
Disease (Cirrhosis ... Hepatopulmonary Syndrome ... • Hepatorenal Syndrom ... Mass Evaluation ... management #summary #hepatology
Shotgun Laboratory Testing for Severe Acute Livery Injury

https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/143598/hospital-medicine/ammonia-levels-and-hepatic-encephalopathy-patients-known

#TWDFNR #Testing #Laboratory #LiverInjury #Diagnosis #Workup #Hepatology #EBM #ChoosingWisely
Shotgun Laboratory Testing ... for Severe Acute ... Livery Injury ... LiverInjury #Diagnosis #Workup ... #Hepatology #EBM
Ammonia Levels & Hepatic Encephalopathy in Patients with Chronic Liver Disease 
Choosing Wisely: Things We Do
Patients with Chronic ... Liver Disease ... ammonia-levels-and-hepatic-encephalopathy-patients-known #Ammonia #Testing ... TWDFNR #Diagnosis #Hepatology
Ascites - Differential Diagnosis
Chronic liver disease (cirrhosis or chronic hepatitis) - 80%
Underlying malignancy - 10%
Congestive heart
Differential Diagnosis Chronic ... liver disease ( ... cirrhosis or chronic ... Fitz-Hugh-Curtis syndrome ... Differential #Diagnosis #hepatology
Approach to Thrombocytosis - Elevated Platelet Count - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Peripheral Smear concerning for malignancy?
→ Refer to hematology ... for workup, including ... Kawasaki, Nephrotic syndrome ... • Infections: Chronic ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hematology
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Nonalcoholic fatty liver ... disease - Wilson ... heart failure (chronic ... (Budd-Chiari syndrome ... #Differential #Hepatology
Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of Hyponatremia:
1) Identification of onset (acute vs. chronic)
2) Presence of symptoms (HA,
Diagnosis and Evaluation ... Identification of onset (acute ... vs. chronic) 2) ... history (cardiac, liver ... , renal disease)
Commonly Observed Laboratory Findings in Hepatic / Liver Failure
 - Elevated conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin -
—100-fold with acute ... hepatocytes; in chronic ... liver disease, ... the hepatorenal syndrome ... LiverFailure #Hepatic #Hepatology
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... disease, liver ... EmoryGastroHep #ACLF #Acute ... #Chronic #Liver ... Failure #Cirrhosis #Hepatology
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Diagnosis and Workup ... smear, HIV/HCV testing ... disease), HBsAg ... - Bone marrow evaluation ... #hematology