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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
Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Interpretation Algorithm ... #Pulmonary #FunctionTests ... Interpretation #Algorithm ... #diagnosis
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm ALP ... disturbance (obstructed liver ... Highest • Bone • Liver ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... Areas of diagnostic ... magnitude of enzyme elevation ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
weeks • Typical clinical ... to 10-20-fold elevation ... post-partum • Typical clinical ... to 10-20-fold elevation ... #differential #diagnosis
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Vascular ... Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... Enzyme Elevation ... #algorithm #hepatology
Approach to Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

1. Definition: T.bili elevation + >20% conjugated
2. Obtain RUQ
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm 1. ... Definition: T.bili elevation ... MRCP, ERCP, liver ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Causes of Lactate Elevation ... - Differential Diagnosis ... of lactate as a clinical ... a multitude of clinical ... the appropriate clinical
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 ... , AIH diagnosis ... (rare) - IgG Elevation
Fever of Unknown Origin (FUO) - Further Workup

 • CNS symptoms? Get an LP and imaging
Returning Traveler’ algorithm ... duplex or CTA • Liver ... Liver biopsy • ... node biopsy • Clinical ... UnknownOrigin #workup #diagnosis