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Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
- Differential Diagnosis ... Most common symptoms ... of Intrahepatic cholestasis ... - Pruritis - Cholestasis ... - Bone symptoms
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
bile ducts causes cholestasis ... PBC Signs and Symptoms ... but elevated as disease ... Differential Diagnosis ... , IgG4 related disease
Diagnosis and Management of Idiosyncratic Drug-induced Liver Injury (DILI)

DILI Types:
 • Intrinsic - predictable, dose dependent
Diagnosis and Management ... ongoing ↑ LFTs or symptoms ... of liver disease ... Mixed DILI • Cholestatic ... #differential #Diagnosis
Diagnostic Scoring System for Wilson's Disease
 - Kayser-Fleischer rings (2 points)
 - Neurological symptoms (2 points)
Diagnostic Scoring ... System for Wilson's Disease ... - Neurological symptoms ... the absence of cholestasis ... unlikely #Wilsons #Disease
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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from subclinical disease ... - Symptoms of ... injury, though cholestatic ... Diagnosis - If suspected ... , AIH diagnosis
The 6 C’s of Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis (PSC)
PSC is a chronic, cholestatic, immune-mediated disease characterized by
is a chronic, cholestatic ... immune-mediated disease ... asymptomatic at diagnosis ... Care focuses on symptom ... #Cholangitis #diagnosis
Cholestatic Liver Disease: Primary Biliary Cirrhosis vs Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

#pathophysiology #pbc #psc #hepatology #comparison
Cholestatic Liver ... Disease: Primary
Classification of Jaundice
Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (predominantly indirect bilirubin)
 • Increased bilirubin production (eg, hemolytic anemias, hemolytic reactions,
• Hereditary Cholestatic ... of intrahepatic cholestasis ... ) Intrahepatic cholestasis ... or intrahepatic cholestasis ... Classification #diagnosis
Liver Enzymes (LFTs) - Causes of Hepatocellular and Cholestatic Liver Injury
Hepatocellular Liver Injury
 • AST/ALT elevation
Hepatocellular and Cholestatic ... Hepatocellular or Cholestatic ... R ≤ 2 = Cholestatic ... Hepatocellular #Cholestatic ... Transaminitis #diagnosis
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
- Differential Diagnosis ... Syndrome, Celiac Disease ... Thrombus, Vasospasm Cholestatic ... Hepatitis, TB Cholestatic ... #Differential #Diagnosis