10 results
Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
Function Test (LFTs) Elevation ... SinaiBmoreIMRes #Liver #FunctionTest ... #LFTs #Elevation ... #Transaminitis ... #diagnosis #hepatology
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Abnormal Liver Function ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Hepatocellular Pattern ... #Transaminitis ... #hepatology #LiverFunctionTests
Pulmonary Function Tests (PFTs) - Interpretation Algorithm
 • Normal
 • Pulmonary Hypertension, Anemia, Carboxyhemoglobinemia
 • Chest
Algorithm • Normal ... #Pulmonary #FunctionTests ... Interpretation #Algorithm #diagnosis
Evaluation abnormal liver tests in pregnancy
- Cholestatic Pattern
- Hepatocellular Pattern

#LFTs #transaminits #pregnancy #obgyn #obstetrics #hepatology #diagnosis
Evaluation abnormal ... - Cholestatic Pattern ... Hepatocellular Pattern ... #LFTs #transaminits ... obstetrics #hepatology #diagnosis
Patterns of Liver Injury
Transaminase Levels:
  > 50x normal - Ischemic Hepatitis
  > 20x normal
Patterns of Liver ... Levels: > 50x normal ... LouLectures #Patterns ... hepatology #LFTs #transaminitis ... #differential #diagnosis
Causes of ST Segment Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Framework

STEMI:
 • Upsloping convex STE: "Pardee's sign" +
- Differential Diagnosis ... Early-repolarization pattern ... leads • S1Q3T3 pattern ... of Normal Variant ... #differential #diagnosis
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Bilirubin - +/- elevation ... or amyloid: • Elevation ... of Liver Enzyme Elevation ... liver #chemistry #diagnosis ... differential #Hepatology #transaminitis
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
evaluation of the pattern ... sought to support a diagnosis ... Areas of diagnostic ... magnitude of enzyme elevation ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
 -
hepatocellular pattern ... though cholestatic pattern ... upper limit of normal ... , AIH diagnosis ... (rare) - IgG Elevation
De Winter T Wave on ECG

Diagnostic Criteria
 - Tall, prominent, symmetric T waves in the precordial
Wave on ECG Diagnostic ... Absence of ST elevation ... - ST segment elevation ... 1mm) in aVR - “Normal ... follow the deWinter pattern