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Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
(LFTs) Elevation ... Biliary tree or bile flow ... Pattern - Alkaline Phosphatase ... #FunctionTest # ... LFTs #Elevation
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
(ALP) Elevation ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... disturbance (obstructed liver ... Highest • Bone • Liver ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Liver Enzymes (LFTs) - Causes of Hepatocellular and Cholestatic Liver Injury
Hepatocellular Liver Injury
 • AST/ALT elevation
Liver Enzymes (LFTs ... Injury • AST/ALT elevation ... hepatic pathology (low ... ALT) / (alkaline phosphatase ... + ULN alkaline phosphatase
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
Low Alkaline Phosphatase ... Of Clinical Importance ... synthesized in: liver ... eliminated • Elevation ... &/or • Elevation
Hypocalcemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm - Low and High PTH
LOW PTH - Hypoparathyroid
 - Congenital (Pediatric)
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... - Low and High ... bypass • Liver ... rhabdomyolysis, oral phosphate ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... /or suspicious clinical ... magnitude of enzyme elevation ... ALP, alkaline phosphatase ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm
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 ... enzymes, and Low ... post-partum • Typical clinical ... to 10-20-fold elevation
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 ... the appropriate clinical ... LV failure - Low
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
Clinical suspicion ... Amyloidosis Clinical ... Cardiac: • LVH, low-voltage ... albumin, alkaline phosphatase ... Diagnostic imaging of liver
Nontuberculous Mycobacteria (NTM) Infections 

Mycobacterial species other than those belonging to the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex and
Slow Growers (Runyon ... gastrointestinal symptoms (elevations ... of liver enzymes ... Pulmonary Disease: Clinical ... Lung Disease: • Clinical