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Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
Function Test (LFTs) Elevation ... for the liver ALP ... Transaminase, ALP ... SinaiBmoreIMRes #Liver #FunctionTest ... #LFTs #Elevation
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
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Check Acute viral hepatitis ... Check Acute viral hepatitis ... Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... Chronic viral hepatitis ... • Gilbert's syndrome
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... vein: Budd-chiari syndrome ... Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... • Gilbert's syndrome ... of Liver Enzyme Elevation
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
to 10-20-fold elevation ... necrosis HELLP Syndrome ... to 10-20-fold elevation ... of Pregnancy (AFLP ... hepatology #obstetrics #hepatitis
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
function tests algorithm ... presence of metabolic syndrome ... magnitude of enzyme elevation ... ALP, alkaline phosphatase ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm