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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
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
Algorithm for the evaluation of macrocytic anemia. (RBC = red blood cell; MMA = methylmalonic acid.)
Physicians
Algorithm for the ... reticulocyte count is elevated ... also causes an elevation ... of the initial work-up ... #Workup #AAFP
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... specificity to elevated ... Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... Enzyme Elevation ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
Elevated Lactate ... RBCs, muscle, liver ... It can remain elevated ... Idiosyncratic LDH Elevation ... disease #LDH #Lactate
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 ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm
TTP - Laboratory Evaluation for Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura

Activity of von Willebrand factor-cleaving protease activity - A
Normal or slightly elevated ... Mild-to-moderate elevation ... Serum lactate ... or may not be elevated ... ThromboticThrombocytopenicPurpura #Diagnosis #Workup
There are similarities and differences between these 3 conditions which all carry treatment implications. Each mimic
stores in the liver ... which drastically elevates ... hormones that work ... convert Pyruvate to Lactate ... #differential #algorithm