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Liver Enzymes (LFTs) - Causes of Hepatocellular and Cholestatic Liver Injury
Hepatocellular Liver Injury
 • AST/ALT elevation
Liver Enzymes (LFTs ... Cholestatic Liver Injury ... Liver #Enzymes #LFTs ... Transaminitis #diagnosis #differential ... #hepatology
Elevated Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Mild (<100-500): 
 • NAFLD
 • Cirrhosis
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Function Tests (LFTs ... ) - Differential ... Drug-induced liver injury ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #hepatology
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
- Differential ... Differential Diagnosis ... #Differential # ... Diagnosis #hepatology ... Transaminitis #LFTs
Diagnosis and Management of Idiosyncratic Drug-induced Liver Injury (DILI)

DILI Types:
 • Intrinsic - predictable, dose dependent
Drug-induced Liver Injury ... dose dependent injury ... Chronic - ongoing ↑ LFTs ... Idiosyncratic #differential ... gastroenterology #hepatology
Patterns of Liver Injury
Transaminase Levels:
  > 50x normal - Ischemic Hepatitis
  > 20x normal
Patterns of Liver Injury ... Patterns #Liver #Injury ... #hepatology #LFTs ... transaminitis #differential
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome (HPS) 

HPS-differential diagnosis:
1. Pulmonary vasculature
2. Diseases of the lung parenchyma
3. Pleura and diaphragm

HPS-diagnosis:
1. Patients
(HPS) HPS-differential ... Pulmonary vasculature ... HPS-severity classification ... Syndrome #HPS #hepatology ... #pulmonary #diagnosis
Shock Classification and Differential Diagnosis
SHOCK
 • MAP <65, SBP <90, drop in SBP > 40
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Shock Classification ... and Differential ... Medications, Spinal Cord Injury ... , CVP > 12 • Pulmonary ... #Differential #
Causes of Sudden Unexpected Death in Infancy (SUDI) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Congenital Anomaly / Disorder:
 •
Infancy (SUDI) - Differential ... Neurologic Anomaly • Pulmonary ... Gastrointestinal infection Injury ... Infancy #Infant #Differential ... #Causes #Peds #Pediatrics
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Interpretation of LFTs ... ALF): • Liver injury ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential ... #Hepatology #transaminitis ... #LFTs #RValue #
Causes of Pleural Effusion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Transudate - Hydrostatic
 • Congestive heart failure
 • Constrictive
Pleural Effusion - Differential ... Malignancy • Pulmonary ... • Postcardiac injury ... Pleural #Effusion #Pulmonary ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Hepatology