10 results
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
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Elevated Liver Enzymes ... • Pregnancy - AFLP ... , HELLP Moderate ... • Alcoholic hepatitis ... #Hepatology #LiverEnzymes
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
Infections: Hepatitis ... , HELLP, Celiac ... #Diagnosis #hepatology ... Transaminitis #LFTs ... #hepatitis
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
• Infectious: Hepatitis ... hepatitis, Acute ... Pregnancy, Alcoholic Hepatitis ... Sepsis, Viral Hepatitis ... Acute #algorithm #hepatology
Elevated Transaminases / Transaminitis - Differential Diagnosis

 • Infectious: HAV, HCV, HEV, EBV, HSV, CMV
 •
• Congenital: HELLP ... Trauma: Shock liver ... hepatitis • Iatrogenic ... Transaminases #hepatitis ... #hepatology
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Check Acute viral hepatitis ... Check Acute viral hepatitis ... Chronic viral hepatitis ... Hepatology #transaminitis ... #LFTs #RValue #
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
Hepatitis, Preeclampsia ... , HELLP, Intrahepatic ... Pregnancy #hepatology ... #obstetrics #obgyn ... #diagnosis #management
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
Liver Disease in ... #hepatology #obstetrics ... #hepatitis #comparison ... #differential # ... HELLP #AFLP
Clinical Diagnosis of Autoimmune Hepatitis
 - Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks
 - Ongoing consumption
Clinical Diagnosis ... of Autoimmune Hepatitis ... Possible ischemic hepatitis ... #Hepatitis #Diagnosis ... #Hepatology #AIH
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Autoimmune hepatitis ... • Pregnancy: HELLP ... Chronic viral hepatitis ... #injury #hepatitis ... #hepatology
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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Autoimmune Hepatitis ... , AIH diagnosis ... #Hepatitis #AIH ... #Diagnosis #Management ... #Hepatology