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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 ... ALP - Biliary ... #FunctionTest # ... LFTs #Elevation
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... • Pregnancy: HELLP ... Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... function may be abnormal ... Enzyme Elevation
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Abnormal Liver Function ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pregnancy - AFLP, HELLP ... - CBD stone, Biliary ... LFTs #Elevated #Abnormal
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
weeks • Typical clinical ... to 10-20-fold elevation ... , no necrosis HELLP ... to 10-20-fold elevation ... diagnosis #icp #HELLP
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 ... include extrahepatic biliary ... #Algorithm #Hepatology
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Elevated Liver Enzymes ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Pregnancy - AFLP, HELLP ... disease US — Normal ... Duct Stone • Biliary
ERCP Management Algorithm for Patient with Symptomatic Choledocholithiasis 

Predictors of choledocholithiasis
Very strong
 - CBD stone on
ERCP Management Algorithm ... Moderate - Abnormal ... liver biochemical ... than 55 y - Clinical ... Choledocholithiasis #Biliary