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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
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... magnitude of enzyme elevation ... aminotransferase; ARLD, alcohol-related ... dehydrogenase; NAFLD, non-alcoholic ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... ALT Ratios: • Alcoholic ... Enzyme Elevation ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm
Alcohol-related liver disease algorithm. 

In patients in whom alcohol is suspected to be the main injurious
Alcohol-related ... liver disease algorithm ... patients in whom alcohol ... fibrosis is the critical ... #algorithm #ARLD
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
Causes of Lactate Elevation ... of lactate as a clinical ... a multitude of clinical ... Hypoglycemia - Alcohol ... #typea #typeb #classification
Hepatorenal Syndrome (HRS)

Definition:
• Functional, potentially reversible kidney impairment.
• Occurs in advanced liver disease: cirrhosis, severe alcoholic
Occurs in advanced liver ... cirrhosis, severe alcoholic ... Diagnosis (Clinical ... Classification: ... insult (e.g., alcohol
Hodgkin's Lymphoma vs Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma - Comparison

Hodgkin's Lymphoma:
 • Epidemiology: young adults 20-30, older 50-70
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Autoimmune diseases • Clinical ... Pel-Ebstein fever - Alcohol-induced ... the spleen or liver ... translocation • Types: Classification ... Noncontiguous spread • Clinical
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Growers (Runyon Classification ... Growers (Runyon Classification ... lung disease, alcohol ... gastrointestinal symptoms (elevations ... of liver enzymes
Diagnostic flow-chart to assess and monitor disease severity in the presence of suspected NAFLD and metabolic
EASL–EASD–EASO Clinical ... management of non-alcoholic ... fatty liver disease ... Steatohepatitis #Workup #Algorithm