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Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
ALP) Elevation - Differential ... of Intrahepatic cholestasis ... - Pruritis - Cholestasis ... granulamatous disease ... ALP #Elevation #Differential
Unintentional Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Malnutrition:
 • Limited access to food
 • Anorexia
 • Disorders
Weight Loss - Differential ... • Small bowel disease ... insufficiency • Cholestatic ... liver disease ... Loss #WeightLoss #Differential
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Liver Injury - Differential ... Syndrome, Celiac Disease ... Thrombus, Vasospasm Cholestatic ... Hepatitis, TB Cholestatic ... Liver #Injury #Differential
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Liver Injury - Differential ... poisoning, ETOH Cholestatic ... epithelia: - Cholestasis ... ALT: typical of cholestatic ... injury #hepatitis #differential
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
- Generalized Differential ... Tests/Enzymes: • Cholestatic ... liver disease ... syndrome Psychiatric Disease ... #dermatology #Differential
Causes of Fat Malabsorption - Differential Diagnosis
Biliary Duct Obstruction
 • Autoimmune— PBC, PSC
 • Infection— liver
Malabsorption - Differential ... Autoimmune— Crohn's disease ... , celiac disease ... amyloidosis Other: • Cholestatic ... Malabsorption #Differential
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
RNA • R < 2: Cholestasis ... Obstruction: Cholestasis ... disease • If ... Alcoholic liver disease ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Steatorrhea
 - Maldigestive
    • Pancreatic Insufficiency
 - Primary
Chronic Diarrhea - Differential ... • Celiac Disease ... Ileal Crohn's Disease ... Overgrowth • Liver Cholestasis ... Diarrhea #SmallBowel #Differential
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Liver Enzymes - Differential ... • Others • Cholestatic ... disease US — Normal ... #LiverEnzymes #Differential
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
bile ducts causes cholestasis ... but elevated as disease ... bile ducts Differential ... , Intrahepatic cholestasis ... , IgG4 related disease