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Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
R-value: Serum (ALT ... /ULN ALT) / (Alk ... phos/ULN ALP) ... Liver Failure (ALF ... • AST/ALT > ALP
Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
kidney, brain ALT ... for the liver ALP ... Transaminase, ALP ... / ULN ALT) / (ALP ... / ULN ALP)
Causes of Orthopnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

 • Fear and Anxiety
 • Pleural Effusion
 • Ascites
Noncardiogenic pulmonary ... - Cardiogenic pulmonary ... Diaphragmatic pulmonary ... - CNS lesion: ALS ... Diagnosis #Causes #pulmonary
Pulmonary Embolism with IVC Thrombus In Transit

A patient presents with chest pain. Which of the following
Pulmonary Embolism ... Resolution: Pulmonary ... septal motion, all ... #Pulmonary #Embolism ... Thrombus #InTransit #clinical
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
or AST > ALP): ... • Severe - ALT ... • Moderate - ALT ... Others • Mild - ALT ... > ALT or AST):
Pulmonary Embolism - Risk Stratification and Prognostication based on scores and clinical features

 • Bova score
Pulmonary Embolism ... on scores and clinical ... class (30-day all ... @nickmmark #Pulmonary
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
to liver than ALT ... • ALT: Specific ... • AST/ALT > ALP ... disease - If ALP ... hemolysis) • ALP
Dyspnea - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Cardiovascular Causes of Dyspnea:
 • Myocardium:
	- Heart failure
	- CAD/ACS
	- Valvulopathy
 • Electrical:
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- Tamponade Pulmonary ... Vasculature: - PE - Pulmonary ... Guillain Barre - ALS ... diagnosis #causes #pulmonary
Amiodarone-Induced Lung Iniurv (AILI) - Timeline
Hours to days (peri-procedurally): ARDS
Days to months: DAH
Weeks: Eosinophilic pneumonia
Weeks to
Amiodarone-Induced Lung Iniurv (AILI ... Induced #LungIniurv #AILI ... #Timeline #pulmonary
Liver Enzymes (LFTs) - Causes of Hepatocellular and Cholestatic Liver Injury
Hepatocellular Liver Injury
 • AST/ALT elevation
Injury • AST/ALT ... elevation > Alk ... phos • ALT more ... • R value = (ALT ... + ULN ALT) / (alkaline