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Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
Liver Injury ... biliary obstruction ... Drug-Induced liver injury ... Hemochromatosis - Primary biliary ... #Differential #Hepatology
Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
Function Test (LFTs ... the liver ALP - Biliary ... Hepatocellular injury ... #FunctionTest #LFTs ... Transaminitis #diagnosis #hepatology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Liver Injury - Differential ... biliary obstruction ... Extrahepatic • Biliary ... Sophia_Hayes_MD #Liver #Injury ... #algorithm #hepatology
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm ... Benign/malignant biliary ... obstruction, Primary biliary ... dechallenge • Acute ... #hepatology
Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Normal Values and Interpretation

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) - Liver, cardiac & skeletal
Function Tests (LFTs ... (GGT) - Liver, biliary ... Conjugated/DBili) - Biliary ... hepatocellular injury ... Interpretation #diagnosis #hepatology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... Extrahepatic - Biliary ... Choledocholithiasis, Biliary ... - Obstruction: Biliary ... #hepatology
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Duct Stone • Biliary ... • Others #LFTs ... #Hepatology #LiverEnzymes ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... - CBD stone, Biliary ... Burak @kwburak #LFTs ... Transaminitis #Algorithm ... #diagnosis #hepatology
Causes of Ascites - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Portal Hypertension - Prehepatic:
 • Portal vein thrombosis
 • Splenic
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Infiltrative disease • Acute ... failure • Primary biliary ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Hepatology #causes
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... include extrahepatic biliary ... #LFTs #Abnormal ... #Algorithm #Hepatology