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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
Algorithm for evaluation of elevated serum alkaline phosphatase.

#Algorithm #elevated #alkaline #phosphatase #AlkPhos #Elevation #Diagnosis #workup
Algorithm for evaluation ... of elevated serum ... alkaline phosphatase ... #Algorithm #elevated ... #AlkPhos #Elevation
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Highest • Bone • Liver ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #Algorithm
Liver Enzymes (LFTs) - Causes of Hepatocellular and Cholestatic Liver Injury
Hepatocellular Liver Injury
 • AST/ALT elevation
Liver Enzymes (LFTs ... 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
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
Mild jaundice, Elevated ... to 10-20-fold elevation ... Syndrome (Hemolysis, Elevated ... to 10-20-fold elevation ... hepatitis #comparison #differential
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Low Alkaline Phosphatase ... synthesized in: liver ... intracranial pressure - Elevated ... eliminated • Elevation ... phosphate &/or • Elevation
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... specificity to elevated ... Enzyme Elevation ... #diagnosis #algorithm
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
Algorithm regarding ... based on symptoms, elevated ... ≥45% and SF is elevated ... ALT, alanine aminotransferase ... hemochromatosis #algorithm