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Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
muscle, kidney, brain ... abnormality vs bone ... Hepatocellular injury ... 2: Cholestatic injury ... #FunctionTest #
Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Normal Values and Interpretation

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) - Liver, cardiac & skeletal
Normal Values and Interpretation ... , bone, placenta ... , NOT in bone 5 ... hepatocellular injury ... Laboratory #Values #Interpretation
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
- Interpretation ... injury < 26 weeks ... , RBC, Kidney, Brain ... hemolysis) • ALP: Bone ... #LFTs #RValue #interpretation
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... , RBC, kidney, brain ... hemolysis) • ALP: Bone ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Authors: Mark M. Ramzy, DO, EMT-P (@MarkRamzyDO, EM Resident Physician, Drexel University, Department of Emergency Medicine)
patient with blunt injury ... serious internal injury ... pattern that your brain ... defaulting to a normal interpretation ... bleeding often from a liver