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Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Interpretation Algorithm ... • Normal • ... #Pulmonary #FunctionTests ... Interpretation #Algorithm ... #diagnosis
Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
Liver Function Test ... (LFTs) Elevation ... #FunctionTest # ... LFTs #Elevation ... Transaminitis #diagnosis
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
to 10-20-fold elevation ... , no necrosis HELLP ... to 10-20-fold elevation ... #differential #diagnosis ... #icp #HELLP #AFLP
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Abnormal Liver Function ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm for Transaminitis ... Pregnancy - AFLP, HELLP ... #diagnosis #hepatology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... tests algorithm ... Areas of diagnostic ... magnitude of enzyme elevation ... #Algorithm #Hepatology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Vascular ... • Pregnancy: HELLP ... function may be abnormal ... Enzyme Elevation
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Elevated Liver Enzymes ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Severe ... Pregnancy - AFLP, HELLP ... disease US — Normal
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Highly variable clinical ... disease to acute liver ... hepatocellular pattern of liver ... upper limit of normal ... (rare) - IgG Elevation
Malignant Adrenal Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Suggestive of Malignancy: Inhomogenous Density, Delay in CT Contrast Washout
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Suggestive ... Hypointense to Liver ... Carcinoma) • Normal ... High Plasma E2 + Clinical