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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
Upper GI Bleed - Management Algorithm

Upper GI bleed Suspected: Melena, hematemesis, coffee-ground emesis, BRBPR
Initial Stabilization
Concern for
Management Algorithm ... Stabilization Concern for Liver ... Bleed: • Peptic ... GAVE (idiopathic, liver ... Diagnosis #management #Algorithm
Commonly Observed Laboratory Findings in Hepatic / Liver Failure
 - Elevated conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin -
Laboratory Findings in Hepatic ... ALT and AST - Elevations ... can indicate a GI ... #LiverFailure #Hepatic ... Laboratory #Diagnosis #Testing
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... disturbance (obstructed liver ... Highest • Bone • Liver ... DDX of Hepatic ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Injury: • Hepatic ... Venoocclusive disease • Hepatic ... Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... Enzyme Elevation
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... tests algorithm ... decision for repeat testing ... magnitude of enzyme elevation ... LFTs #Abnormal #Algorithm
Algorithm regarding the diagnosis and treatment of Hereditary Hemochromatosis HH. 

Step 1: In the patient with
Algorithm regarding ... symptoms, elevated liver ... elevated, HFE gene testing ... hemochromatosis; HIC, hepatic ... hemochromatosis #algorithm
Amyloidosis - Summary
Group of disorders associated with extracellular deposition of fibrils formed from low-molecular-weight proteins in
cardiomyopathy GI ... Hepatosplenomegaly & hepatic ... failure • GI bleeding ... of the heart GI ... Diagnostic imaging of liver
Weight Loss - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased Intake:
 • GI illness (upper and lower)
 • Psychiatric (Depression,
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Decreased Intake: • GI ... Psychiatric (Depression, eating ... • Cholestatic Liver ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Fever After International Travel

Infectious Disease:
• Endemic in either the destination or home region

Viral Syndromes:
Arboviral infections, a
febrile illness, elevations ... in hepatic aminotransferase ... including tests of liver ... polymerase-chain-reaction (PCR) testing ... and possibly PCR testing