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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
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Elevation, Lactic ... equate that an elevated ... Causes of elevated ... Elevation Type ... Lactic #Acidosis #Elevation
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 ... Hepatic imaging: Normal ... Syndrome (Hemolysis, Elevated ... to 10-20-fold elevation
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... tests algorithm ... magnitude of enzyme elevation ... normalised ratio; LDH, lactate ... #Algorithm #Hepatology
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
specificity to elevated ... Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... - If both are normal ... or amyloid: • Elevation ... Enzyme Elevation
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... specificity to elevated ... Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... function may be abnormal ... Enzyme Elevation
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
Elevated Lactate ... RBCs, muscle, liver ... upon damage • Normal ... Idiosyncratic LDH Elevation ... disease #LDH #Lactate
C-REACTIVE PROTEIN
Discovered by Tillett & Francis in 1930. First identified as a substance in the serum
synthesized by the liver ... or minor elevation ... mg/L: Moderate elevation ... 10.0 mg/L: Marked elevation ... 50.0 mg/L: Severe elevation
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
levels - Usually normal ... or slightly elevated ... Mild-to-moderate elevation ... Serum lactate ... or may not be elevated
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 ... IgG typically elevated ... upper limit of normal ... (rare) - IgG Elevation