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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
Owing to the morbidity and need for urgent treatment, STEMI is the default diagnosis is patients
urgent treatment, STEMI ... patients with ST elevations ... Cardiology #EKG #ECG #STElevation ... #STSegment #Differential ... #Patterns
Evaluation abnormal liver tests in pregnancy
- Cholestatic Pattern
- Hepatocellular Pattern

#LFTs #transaminits #pregnancy #obgyn #obstetrics #hepatology #diagnosis
Evaluation abnormal ... liver tests in ... - Cholestatic Pattern ... Hepatocellular Pattern ... hepatology #diagnosis #differential
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
- Differential ... Diagnosis Framework STEMI ... of Normal Variant ... #ST #STEMI #Segment ... #Elevation #differential
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Abnormal Liver Function ... Tests - Differential ... Hepatocellular Pattern ... dz Cholestatic Pattern ... LFTs #Elevated #Abnormal
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... initial response to abnormal ... evaluation of the pattern ... magnitude of enzyme elevation ... #Enzymes #Differential
Patterns of Liver Injury
Transaminase Levels:
  > 50x normal - Ischemic Hepatitis
  > 20x normal
Patterns of Liver ... Levels: > 50x normal ... LouLectures #Patterns ... #Liver #Injury ... transaminitis #differential
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... - If both are normal ... or amyloid: • Elevation ... Enzyme Elevation ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
to 10-20-fold elevation ... Hepatic imaging: Normal ... • Histology: Normal-mild ... to 10-20-fold elevation ... hepatitis #comparison #differential
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... function may be abnormal ... Enzyme Elevation ... injury #hepatitis #differential