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Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
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Trauma: Shock liver ... Metabolic: Wilson Disease ... • Autoimmune ... Diagnosis #causes ... #hepatology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Causes of Acute ... Liver Injury - Differential ... hepatitis, Acute ... #Diagnosis #Causes ... #hepatology
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
for alternative causes ... disease, Hepatic ... dechallenge • Acute ... steatosis • Autoimmune ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... Vascular Causes ... of Acute Liver ... Autoimmune hepatitis ... #hepatology
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Autoimmune Hepatitis ... to acute liver ... (eg Viral) Management ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hepatology
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Lactic Acidosis - Differential ... presentations and disease ... - Compartment syndrome ... #Diagnosis #causes ... #typea #typeb #classification
Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) Overview

Clinico-Radiological Syndrome, characterized by:
 • Headache
 • Seizures
 • Altered mental
/Sepsis/Shock, Autoimmune ... disease, Cancer ... Reversible course Differential ... #diagnosis #management ... #neurology
Elevated Globulin - Protein Gap (Total Protein - Albumin > 4)

Work-up of an Elevated Globulin Gap:
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changes (POEMS syndrome ... Sarcoidosis) • Liver ... , ETOH, autoimmune ... gastric tumors • Hematology ... #diagnosis #hematology
Blood Product Transfusions One Pager Summary
Type and screen - determines blood type and detects in recipient
in recipient (e.g ... - Acute Hemolytic ... eruptions, diarrhea, liver ... #Transfusions #diagnosis ... #management #hematology