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Liver Enzymes (LFTs) - Causes of Hepatocellular and Cholestatic Liver Injury
Hepatocellular Liver Injury
 • AST/ALT elevation
Hepatocellular and Cholestatic ... skeletal muscle and kidney ... • R value = (ALT ... R ≤ 2 = Cholestatic ... Transaminitis #diagnosis #differential
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... cardiac muscle, RBC, kidney ... cardiac muscle, kidneys ... trimester placenta, kidneys ... #hepatitis #differential
# Acute Kidney Injury # AKI #algorithm #differential #nephrology
# Acute Kidney Injury ... AKI #algorithm #differential ... #nephrology
Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
skeletal muscle, kidney ... ALT ≥ 3x ULN Cholestatic ... ALP ≥ 2x ULN R Value ... Hepatocellular injury ... injury Sinai
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
of Acute Liver Injury ... - Differential ... Thrombus, Vasospasm Cholestatic ... Hepatitis, TB Cholestatic ... #Differential #
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Interpretation of LFTs R-value ... cardiac muscle, RBC, Kidney ... Cardiac muscle, Kidneys ... trimester placenta, kidneys ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential
Differential Diagnosis of Acute Kidney Injury 

#Diagnosis #Nephrology #AKI #Acute #KidneyInjury #Causes #Differential #Workup #Algorithm #Ddxof
Differential Diagnosis ... of Acute Kidney ... Injury #Diagnosis ... #Nephrology #AKI ... KidneyInjury #Causes #Differential
Causes of Acute Kidney Injury ( AKI ) - Prerenal, Renal, and Postrenal

PRE-RENAL 
Impaired perfusion: 
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Causes of Acute Kidney ... Injury ( AKI ) ... Urethral stricture/valves ... Postrenal #Failure #Differential ... #Nephrology
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
ALP) Elevation - Differential ... Intestine • Kidney ... of Intrahepatic cholestasis ... - Pruritis - Cholestasis ... ALP #Elevation #Differential
Causes of acute kidney injury (AKI). AKI is classified into pre-renal, renal, and post-renal causes. Renal
Causes of acute kidney ... injury (AKI). ... components of the kidney ... #Injury #Differential ... Causes #Sites #Nephrology