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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
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
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
Algorithm for the ... the most likely cause ... reticulocyte count is elevated ... an elevation in ... #Workup #AAFP
Approach to Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

1. Definition: T.bili elevation + >20% conjugated
2. Obtain RUQ
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Definition: T.bili elevation ... non-ICU vs ICU causes ... MRCP, ERCP, liver ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular Causes ... specificity to elevated ... Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... Enzyme Elevation
Causes of Hyperferritinemia - Differential Diagnosis
Ferritin > 1000
Ferritin is the storage form of iron. Increased hepcidin
Causes of Hyperferritinemia ... is made in the liver ... Most Common Causes ... of elevated ferritin ... extreme ferritin 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
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
Normal or slightly elevated ... decrease in most cases ... Mild-to-moderate elevation ... or may not be elevated ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis #Workup
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
synthesized in: liver ... intracranial pressure - Elevated ... Phosphatase: • Other causes ... eliminated • Elevation ... phosphate &/or • Elevation