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Focused evaluation algorithm for acute liver injury

#Liver #Injury #Acute #Evaluation #Algorithm #Diagnosis #Hepatology
Focused evaluation ... liver injury ... #Liver #Injury # ... #Algorithm #Diagnosis ... #Hepatology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... , bleeding, hematoma ... diagnosis #algorithm ... #hepatology
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Bilirubin: RBC (hemolysis ... , bleeding, hematoma ... LDH: Heart, RBC (hemolysis ... #diagnosis #differential ... #Hepatology #transaminitis
Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
) vs Indirect (Hemolytic ... Hepatocellular injury ... 2: Cholestatic injury ... Transaminitis #diagnosis ... #hepatology
Evaluation abnormal liver tests in pregnancy
- Cholestatic Pattern
- Hepatocellular Pattern

#LFTs #transaminits #pregnancy #obgyn #obstetrics #hepatology #diagnosis
Evaluation abnormal ... liver tests in ... obgyn #obstetrics #hepatology ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Abnormal Liver Function ... Tests - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Transaminitis #Algorithm ... #diagnosis #hepatology
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
Hepatic infarcts, Hematomas ... Disease #Pregnancy #hepatology ... hepatitis #comparison #differential ... #diagnosis #icp ... #HELLP #AFLP
Algorithm for workup of thrombocytopenia based on observation of the peripheral blood film. 
TTP/HUS indicates thrombotic
thrombocytopenic purpura/hemolytic ... thrombocytopenia, Hematology ... 2012, p 193 #Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... #Evaluation
Isolated Hyperbilirubinemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Direct Hyperbilirubinemia: Dubin-Johnson Syndrome, Rotor Syndrome
Indirect Hyperbilirubinemia: 
 - Trauma, Hematoma,
Diagnosis Algorithm ... Hyperbilirubinemia: - Trauma, Hematoma ... Count Abnormal: Hemolysis ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #hepatology
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
) Elevation - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Highest • Bone • Liver ... #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #hepatology