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Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Pulmonary Function ... Tests (PFTs) - ... Algorithm • Normal ... #Pulmonary #FunctionTests ... #PFTs #Interpretation
Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
Liver Function Test ... (LFTs) Elevation ... SinaiBmoreIMRes #Liver #FunctionTest ... #LFTs #Elevation
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Abnormal Liver Function ... AST): • US - Normal ... Burak @kwburak #LFTs ... #Elevated #Abnormal
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... initial response to abnormal ... diagnostic uncertainty are ... *Abnormal USS may ... #LFTs #Abnormal
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Interpretation of LFTs ... specificity to elevated ... NT) - If both are ... normal - ALP is ... transaminitis #LFTs
Quincke's Pulse in a patient with a normal echocardiogram (non-valvular)

A 70 y/o man presents with new
patient with a normal ... 100 mm Hg), and elevated ... preserved systolic function ... state (not always AR ... ) and AV shunt are
Diabetic Ketoacidosis (DKA) - Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • Note: in DKA, body K+ is lost
to be falsely normal ... /elevated. ... has good renal function ... ketone bodies are
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
specificity to elevated ... NT) - If both are ... normal, ALP is ... Tests of synthetic function ... may be abnormal
ALBUMINURIA

•	Indicator of kidney damage and / or a biomarker of systemic diseases dates back to 1969,
to 1969, when elevated ... • Normal rate ... Albuminuria reflects functional ... cardiovascular #eGFR #AER ... #ACR #macroalbuminuria
Creatine kinase (CK) is an intracellular enzyme present in skeletal muscle, myocardium & brain; smaller amounts
Elevated levels ... of CK are the hallmark ... CK functions as ... days; its level elevated ... upper limit of normal