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Shotgun Laboratory Testing for Severe Acute Livery Injury

https://www.journalofhospitalmedicine.com/jhospmed/article/143598/hospital-medicine/ammonia-levels-and-hepatic-encephalopathy-patients-known

#TWDFNR #Testing #Laboratory #LiverInjury #Diagnosis #Workup #Hepatology #EBM #ChoosingWisely
Shotgun Laboratory ... Severe Acute Livery Injury ... TWDFNR #Testing #Laboratory ... #LiverInjury #Diagnosis ... #Workup #Hepatology
Bayesian combination of 4T score with Heparin PF4 antibody titer to obtain the post-test probability of
obtain the post-test ... PF4Antibody #Bayesian #Diagnosis ... #Hematology #HITT ... Thrombocytopenia #Laboratory
Mixing Study
 • Clotting tests can be abnormal due to either a clotting factor deficiency, or
Study • Clotting tests ... • Clotting tests ... Mixing #Study #diagnosis ... #hematology #pathophysiology ... #hematology #laboratory
Algorithm for Investigation of Abnormal Coagulation Tests
- Prolonged PT
- Prolonged aPTT and Prolonged PT
- Prolonged aPTT

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Abnormal Coagulation Tests ... Abnormal #APTT #Laboratory ... #Hematology #Diagnosis
Elevated Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Mild (<100-500): 
 • NAFLD
 • Cirrhosis
 •
Liver Function Tests ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Drug-induced liver injury ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #hepatology #transaminitis
Liver Chemistry Tests - AST, ALT, Alkaline Phosphatase and Bilirubin Metabolism
AST and ALT:
 • AST: liver
Liver Chemistry Tests ... cytoplasmic (CAST ... #Laboratory #Metabolism ... AlkPhos #Bilirubin #Hepatology ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis
Prothrombin Time (PT) and Partial Thromboplastin Time (PTT)

Prothrombin Time (PT) - Often Elevated in:
 • Vitamin
• Underfilled test ... Thromboplastin #laboratory ... #hematology #diagnosis
Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
Liver Function Test ... Hepatocellular injury ... 2: Cholestatic injury ... Transaminitis #diagnosis ... #hepatology
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
- Differential Diagnosis ... → liver test abnormalities ... Differential Diagnosis ... #Differential #Diagnosis ... #hepatology #algorithm
Our approach to the diagnosis and initial management of patients with suspected HIT. Our approach is
approach to the diagnosis ... results of HIT laboratory ... tests, which are ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hematology #HIT