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

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic ... underlying liver disease ... Circulation Failure Kidney ... Drug-Induced Liver Injury ... Failure #Cirrhosis #Hepatology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... extrahepatic source - Tests ... > 2 • NASH, Chronic ... > 3 • Chronic ... diagnosis #algorithm #hepatology
Definitions of AKI, CKD, AKD
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI):
 • Increase in SCr by 2 50% within
Kidney Injury ( ... • Oliguria Chronic ... Kidney Disease ... Kidney Diseases ... #Definitions #nephrology
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
•
Kidney Injury ( ... • Inflammatory disease ... #Kidney #Injury ... #Differential #Nephrology ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Elevated Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Mild (<100-500): 
 • NAFLD
 • Cirrhosis
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Liver Function Tests ... Cirrhosis • Chronic ... Hepatopathy • Acute ... Drug-induced liver injury ... Differential #Diagnosis #hepatology
Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) in Patients with Cancer 

Cancer Related 
• Hypercalcemia 
• Intravenous contrast 
•
Acute Kidney Injury ... LC deposition disease ... Minimal change disease ... • Hematologic ... #Kidney #Injury
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Skin involvement, Kidney ... Alcohol-related liver disease ... dechallenge • Acute ... or chronic atypical ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hepatology
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
of cholestatic disease ... Alcoholic liver disease ... > 2 • NASH, Chronic ... > 3 • Chronic ... #differential #Hepatology
Symptoms and signs of chronic kidney disease.

#Signs #Symptoms #CKD #Chronic #Kidney #Disease #Nephrology

** GrepMed Recommended Text:
Symptoms and signs ... of chronic kidney ... disease. ... Kidney #Disease ... GrepMed Recommended Text
Diagnostic Framework for Anemia (Morphological Approach - MCV)
Low MCV - <80fL - "Microcytic"
 • Iron deficiency
kidney disease, ... Acute blood loss ... , Anemia of chronic ... Alcohol use, Liver disease ... diagnosis #causes #hematology