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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 ... specific for the liver ... #FunctionTest # ... LFTs #Elevation
Pruritus - Generalized Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Systemic and Primary Causes
== Primary Skin Lesions ==
Macules /
Pruritus - Generalized ... Algorithm - Systemic ... Diabetes Mellitus Liver ... • Cholestatic liver ... Creatinine & BUN: • Chronic
Causes of Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Unprovoked - Epilepsy:
 • Focal: Simple, Complex
 • Generalized: Absence,
of Seizures - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Simple, Complex • Generalized ... Hypoxia, Uremia, Liver ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Highest • Bone • Liver ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Primary Epileptic Seizures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Focal - Non-Dyscognitive - Features of
 • Aura
Epileptic Seizures - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Dyscognitive Generalized ... Absence • Atonic Generalized ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Anemia by Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Low Mean Corpuscular Volume (<80
Volume (MCV) - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Renal Disease, Liver ... Reticulocytosis • Liver ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... > 2 • NASH, Chronic ... Enzyme Elevation ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... > 2 • NASH, Chronic ... injury: > 3 • Chronic ... Enzyme Elevation ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential
Approach to Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

1. Definition: T.bili elevation + >20% conjugated
2. Obtain RUQ
Hyperbilirubinemia - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Definition: T.bili elevation ... MRCP, ERCP, liver ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Causes of Gallbladder Wall Thickening - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiologic: Contracted gall bladder in a non-fasting
Wall Thickening - Differential ... non-fasting patient • Generalized ... heart failure, Liver ... conditions: Acute & chronic ... Gallbladder #Thickening #Differential