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Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
for the liver ALP ... Transaminase, ALP ... / ULN ALT) / (ALP ... / ULN ALP) ... SinaiBmoreIMRes #Liver #FunctionTest
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Function Tests - Differential ... or AST > ALP): ... Wilsons, Pregnancy - AFLP ... Cholestatic Pattern (ALP ... kwburak #LFTs #Elevated
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
specificity to elevated ... > ALP: Typical ... disease • If ALP ... of ALP • Near ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP ... ) Elevation - Differential ... ALP: - Enzymes ... - Increased ALP ... #Elevation #Differential
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Liver Injury - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... specificity to elevated ... ALP • AST/ALT ... GGT/5-NT: ↑ - ALP
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Elevated Liver Enzymes ... - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Pregnancy - AFLP ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm
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 ... of Pregnancy (AFLP ... hepatitis #comparison #differential ... diagnosis #icp #HELLP #AFLP
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... magnitude of enzyme elevation ... ALP, alkaline phosphatase ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm ... Liver #Enzymes #Differential