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Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Common Etiologies ... Inflammation - Hepatitis ... 15 percent) - Hepatitis ... #Differential #Hepatology ... #Cirrhosis #Causes
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
ACLF) Clinical Guidelines ... Alcohol-Associated Hepatitis ... (DILI) Viral Hepatitis ... #Cirrhosis #Hepatology ... #diagnosis
Chronic Hepatitis B - Diagnosis and Management Algorithm

• Who to treat: Essentially treat the pts with
Chronic Hepatitis ... Management Algorithm ... Chronic Hepatitis ... #Management #Treatment ... #Hepatology
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Elevated Liver Enzymes ... • Alcoholic hepatitis ... Bile Ducts • Common ... Others #LFTs #Hepatology ... #Algorithm #Causes
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
non-essential drug/HDS treatments ... for alternative causes ... hepatitis fibrosis ... • Autoimmune hepatitis ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Autoimmune Hepatitis ... - Symptoms of chronic ... Other Etiology of Hepatitis ... #Autoimmune #Hepatitis ... #Management #Hepatology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Causes of Acute ... Autoimmune: Autoimmune hepatitis ... viral hepatitis ... #injury #hepatitis ... #algorithm #hepatology
Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID)

What?
CVID: Immunodeficiency disorder with hypogammaglobulinemia -> increased infection risk secondary to impaired B-cell
to 8 years Clinical ... disease • Liver ... diseases and hepatitis ... hypogammaglobulinemia #immunology #hematology ... #diagnosis #management
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Diagnosis and Management Summary
A defect in arterial oxygenation due to a gas exchange
lung disease Caused ... shunt (Type 2) Clinical ... • Dyspnea - Common ... #management #treatment ... #hepatology
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
pulmonary disorder of chronic ... triad of: 1) chronic ... arteriovenous shunting causes ... of orthodeoxia CLINICAL ... #diagnosis #hepatology