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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
Fever in Returning Travelers from Tropical Regions - Frequent Differential Diagnoses
Medical History:
 • Skin exposure to
amebic abscess of liver ... Jaundice (and/or elevation ... of liver enzymes ... Typhoid, amebic liver ... fluke, amebic liver
Liver Chemistry Tests - AST, ALT, Alkaline Phosphatase and Bilirubin Metabolism
AST and ALT:
 • AST: liver
Liver Chemistry ... ALT: • AST: liver ... In liver, 80% of ... hepatocyte - Elevation ... Chemistry #Tests #Laboratory
Commonly Observed Laboratory Findings in Hepatic / Liver Failure
 - Elevated conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin -
Commonly Observed Laboratory ... Findings in Hepatic / Liver ... ALT and AST - Elevations ... fold with acute liver ... Hepatic #Hepatology #Laboratory
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
RBCs, muscle, liver ... myocarditis, rheumatic fever ... Idiosyncratic LDH Elevation ... differential #diagnosis #Laboratory
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Causes of Lactate Elevation ... glucose by the liver ... - assess other laboratory ... Causes of Lactate Elevation ... Lactic #Acidosis #Elevation
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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disease to acute liver ... hepatocellular pattern of liver ... (rare) - IgG Elevation ... Necrosis) If mild laboratory
ANTI-MDA5 DERMATOMYOSITIS

Cutaneous manifestations:
• Periorbital heliotrope (blue-purple) rash with edema
• Erythematous rash on the face, or the
Dermatomyositis • Fever ... no significant elevation ... disease and ILD • Liver ... Liver biopsies show
Acute Retroviral Syndrome
Acute Retroviral Syndrome is the symptomatic presentation of acute human immunodeficiency virus infection

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Headache (45%) • Fever ... Hepatomegaly - Liver ... enzyme elevation ... subset counts ↓ • Liver
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Presentation: Fever ... gastrointestinal symptoms (elevations ... of liver enzymes ... Manifestations: • Fever ... • Fever and weight