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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
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation ... ALP: - Enzymes ... Other causes of elevation ... consult ALP elevation ... Phosphatase #ALP #Elevation
Liver Enzymes (LFTs) - Causes of Hepatocellular and Cholestatic Liver Injury
Hepatocellular Liver Injury
 • AST/ALT elevation
Liver Enzymes (LFTs ... and Cholestatic Liver ... Hepatocellular Liver ... Injury • AST/ALT elevation ... #Enzymes #LFTs
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... the magnitude of enzyme ... elevation and clinical ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm ... #Enzymes #Differential
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
Liver Disease in ... to 10-20-fold elevation ... Hemolysis, Elevated Liver ... enzymes, and Low ... to 10-20-fold elevation
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Liver Chemistries ... Identify Acute Liver ... Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... or amyloid: • Elevation ... Enzyme Elevation
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... Enzyme Elevation ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Approach to Conjugated Hyperbilirubinemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

1. Definition: T.bili elevation + >20% conjugated
2. Obtain RUQ
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Definition: T.bili elevation ... MRCP, ERCP, liver ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
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
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
a cytoplasmic enzyme ... RBCs, muscle, liver ... red blood cell enzymes ... Idiosyncratic LDH Elevation