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Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
(LFTs) Elevation ... Transaminase >> Alkaline ... Cholestatic Pattern - Alkaline ... #FunctionTest # ... LFTs #Elevation
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Intestine - Other causes ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Liver Enzymes (LFTs) - Causes of Hepatocellular and Cholestatic Liver Injury
Hepatocellular Liver Injury
 • AST/ALT elevation
) - Causes of Hepatocellular ... Injury • AST/ALT elevation ... + ULN ALT) / (alkaline ... phosphatase + ULN alkaline ... Transaminitis #diagnosis #differential
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
Injury - Differential ... compared with alkaline ... disproportionate increase in alkaline ... Injury Differential ... Diagnosis #hepatology #algorithm
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... magnitude of enzyme elevation ... ALP, alkaline phosphatase ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm ... #Enzymes #Differential
Approach to Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

1. Definition: T.bili elevation + >20% conjugated
2. Obtain RUQ
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Definition: T.bili elevation ... non-ICU vs ICU causes ... MRCP, ERCP, liver ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
synthesized in: liver ... Most cases diagnosed ... Phosphatase: • Other causes ... eliminated • Elevation ... phosphate &/or • Elevation
What the Color of Urine Can Tell You - Differential Diagnosis by Urine Color
Clear: excess water
Pale
Can Tell You - Differential ... Orange: dehydrated, liver ... Indwelling Catheter + Alkaline ... #Urine #color #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Liver Mass - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Cystic:
 • Benign 
     - Simple: Simple
Liver Mass - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Mass #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hepatology
Causes of Hyperferritinemia - Differential Diagnosis
Ferritin > 1000
Ferritin is the storage form of iron. Increased hepcidin
- Differential ... is made in the liver ... saturation to differentiate ... extreme ferritin elevation ... Hyperferritinemia #Differential