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Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
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Transaminases / Transaminitis ... • Iatrogenic: DILI ... images/10587 #Transaminitis
Elevated Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Mild (<100-500): 
 • NAFLD
 • Cirrhosis
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(>1000): • DILI ... Diagnosis #hepatology #transaminitis
Drugs and Classes Associated with DILI and Type of Liver Injury

#Medications #Differential #DrugInduced #LiverInjury #Hepatology #Pharmacology
Associated with DILI ... Pharmacology #Causes #DILI
Diagnosis and Management of Idiosyncratic Drug-induced Liver Injury (DILI)

DILI Types:
 • Intrinsic - predictable, dose dependent
Liver Injury (DILI ... ) DILI Types: ... disease 6-9 mo after DILI ... • Cholestatic DILI ... EmoryGastroHep #DILI
Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
abnormality vs bone Bili ... LFTs #Elevation #Transaminitis
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Liver Injury (DILI ... Diagnosis Algorithm DILI ... injury, Previous DILI ... hepatitis #DILI
Drug-Induced Liver Injury - Pathophysiology
Indirect
Idiosyncratic
Direct

BWH Medicine Chiefs @BrighamChiefs

#DILI #DrugInduced #Liver #Injury #Pathophysiology #hepatology
BrighamChiefs #DILI
Evaluation abnormal liver tests in pregnancy
- Cholestatic Pattern
- Hepatocellular Pattern

#LFTs #transaminits #pregnancy #obgyn #obstetrics #hepatology #diagnosis
Pattern #LFTs #transaminits
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Algorithm for Transaminitis ... Elevated #Abnormal #Transaminitis
HFNC compared to NIV
HFNC:
- Comfort - Higher comfort  Eating, drinking and speaking less impaired 
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preload - P-SILI ... /VILI - Lower risk