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Liver Chemistry Tests - AST, ALT, Alkaline Phosphatase and Bilirubin Metabolism
AST and ALT:
 • AST: liver
Liver Chemistry ... ALT: • AST: liver ... In liver, 80% of ... primarily within liver ... Synthesis: in hepatocyte
Causes of Hyperferritinemia - Differential Diagnosis
Ferritin > 1000
Ferritin is the storage form of iron. Increased hepcidin
Causes of Hyperferritinemia ... leaving enterocytes, hepatocytes ... is made in the liver ... Most Common Causes ... 1% Most Common Causes
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Acute Fatty Liver ... infiltrates maternal hepatocytes ... → Liver dysfunction ... = nonspecific (nausea ... malaise) → Acute liver
Histologic Features and Prevalence of Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis (NASH). NASH is a potentially progressive type of nonalcoholic
nonalcoholic fatty liver ... features of NASH in liver-biopsy ... specimens: ballooned hepatocytes ... cirrhosis, and primary liver
Drugs and Classes Associated with DILI and Type of Liver Injury

#Medications #Differential #DrugInduced #LiverInjury #Hepatology #Pharmacology
Drugs and Classes ... DILI and Type of Liver ... #Pharmacology #Causes
Table of Causes of Acute Liver Injury
#Diagnosis #Hepatology #Acute #Liver #Injury #Causes #Differential #Incidence #Table #Failure
Table of Causes ... of Acute Liver Injury ... Hepatology #Acute #Liver ... #Injury #Causes
Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
Causes of Severe ... Acute Liver Injury ... - Drug-Induced liver ... Severe #Acute #Causes
Causes of Thrombocytopenia and Platelet Disorders - Differential Diagnosis and Workup
History:
 - Prior platelet count, family
Causes of Thrombocytopenia ... : INR/PT, aPTT(liver ... bypass), LFT (liver ... patients if the cause ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes
Liver Enzymes (LFTs) - Causes of Hepatocellular and Cholestatic Liver Injury
Hepatocellular Liver Injury
 • AST/ALT elevation
Liver Enzymes (LFTs ... ) - Causes of Hepatocellular ... and Cholestatic Liver ... Hepatocellular Liver ... or Cholestatic Liver
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Causes of Acute ... Liver Injury - Differential ... Hepatocellular - Liver ... Artery: Shock Liver ... Differential #Diagnosis #Causes