Dr. Michael Chew @mchew85
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GrepMed Gastroenterology-Hepatology Editor, Academic Hospitalist UC Davis Medical Center Internal Medicine, Yale Gastroenterology Fellow '22
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Table of Causes of Acute Liver Injury
#Diagnosis #Hepatology #Acute #Liver #Injury #Causes #Differential #Incidence #Table #Failure
Table of Causes ... Injury #Diagnosis #Hepatology ... #Differential # ... Incidence #Table ... #Failure
Deciphering the SAAG - Serum to Ascites Albumin Gradient
Ascites is either made in the liver sinusoid
SAAG - Serum to Ascites ... oncotic pressure Low ... liverprof #Diagnosis #Hepatology ... Interpretation #Differential ... #Analysis
An Approach to Jaundice - Differential Diagnosis

- Increased Production (Prehepatic)
- Decreased Clearance (Intrahepatic + Posthepatic)

Dr. Eric
to Jaundice - Differential ... #Jaundice #Differential ... #Table #Causes ... Posthepatic #Diagnosis #Hepatology
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis (SBP) - Diagnosis and Management
Ascites PMN > 250/mm3
? Nosocomial or hospital acquired. Recent
and Management Ascites ... considered if: Low ... protein (< 1.5g/L) ascites ... dysfunction or liver failure ... Diagnosis #Management #hepatology
Common Etiologies of Cirrhosis

Inflammation

 - Hepatitis B (15 percent)

 - Hepatitis C (47 percent)

 - Schistosomiasis
Congestive heart failure ... #Diagnosis #Differential ... #Hepatology #Cirrhosis ... #Causes