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Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Elevated Liver Enzymes ... - Differential ... Drugs • TPN • Sepsis ... • Others #LFTs ... #Hepatology #LiverEnzymes
Diagnosis and Management of Idiosyncratic Drug-induced Liver Injury (DILI)

DILI Types:
 • Intrinsic - predictable, dose dependent
Diagnosis and Management ... Chronic - ongoing ↑ LFTs ... Idiosyncratic #differential ... #Diagnosis #Management ... gastroenterology #hepatology
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Abnormal Liver Function ... Tests - Differential ... Drugs, Infection, Sepsis ... Burak @kwburak #LFTs ... Algorithm #diagnosis #hepatology
Portal venous gas on hepatic ultrasound: A concerning finding in the critically ill patient that should
gas on hepatic ultrasound ... reflection on the differential ... intra-abdominal sepsis ... #hepatology #liver ... #pocus #clinical
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Antithrombin Ill • Ultrasound ... infiltration) Differential ... Maternal Support - Critical ... #Pregnancy #hepatology ... obgyn #diagnosis #management
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
/or suspicious clinical ... mellitus; USS, ultrasound ... #LFTs #Abnormal ... #Algorithm #Hepatology ... #Differential #
Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation (DIC) Overview

Increased Clotting and Consumption of Clotting Factors

Findings:
 • Bleeding
 • Recent history
history of trauma, sepsis ... organ damage Clinical ... DIC • Severe Liver ... causes #treatment #management ... #hematology
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... AI, thyroid dz liver ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential
Shock Overview
A state of tissue hypoxia due to decreased or dysregulated oxygen delivery or extraction, resulting
death Common Clinical ... Inflammatory: infectious (sepsis ... AI, thyroid dz liver ... Classification #diagnosis #management ... #criticalcare #differential
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
fever syndromes Clinical ... Fever is the main clinical ... brucellosis) • Sepsis ... thrombocytopenia • Liver ... Syndrome #Diagnosis #Management