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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 ... #FunctionTest # ... LFTs #Elevation ... Transaminitis #diagnosis
Algorithm for evaluation of elevated serum alkaline phosphatase.

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

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation ... Intestine - Other causes ... of elevation: ... consult ALP elevation ... Phosphatase #ALP #Elevation
Approach to Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

1. Definition: T.bili elevation + >20% conjugated
2. Obtain RUQ
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm 1. ... Definition: T.bili elevation ... non-ICU vs ICU causes ... MRCP, ERCP, liver
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 ... #differential #diagnosis
Liver Enzymes (LFTs) - Causes of Hepatocellular and Cholestatic Liver Injury
Hepatocellular Liver Injury
 • AST/ALT elevation
Liver Enzymes (LFTs ... ) - Causes of Hepatocellular ... and Cholestatic Liver ... Injury • AST/ALT elevation ... Transaminitis #diagnosis
Causes of Hyperferritinemia - Differential Diagnosis
Ferritin > 1000
Ferritin is the storage form of iron. Increased hepcidin
- Differential Diagnosis ... is made in the liver ... of elevated ferritin ... extreme ferritin elevation ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Algorithm Vascular ... Causes of Acute ... specificity to elevated ... Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... Enzyme Elevation
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
Causes of ST Segment ... Elevation - Differential ... Diagnosis Framework ... segment becomes elevated ... voltage Other Causes
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
specificity to elevated ... Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... or amyloid: • Elevation ... Enzyme Elevation ... #chemistry #diagnosis