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Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Drugs, Viral, Ischemia ... - CBD stone, Biliary ... Transaminitis #Algorithm ... #diagnosis #hepatology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Vascular Causes ... (hemolysis) • ... differential #diagnosis #algorithm ... #hepatology
Hemolysis - Diagnostic Algorithm and Causes

Increased red cell production: 
 • Increased Reticulocytosis/polychromasia 
 • Erythroid
Hemolysis - Diagnostic ... Algorithm and Causes ... #Algorithm #Differential ... #Causes #Workup ... #Hematology #Diagnosis
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
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Drugs/Toxins • Ischemia ... Bile Ducts • PSC ... Duct Stone • Biliary ... Others #LFTs #Hepatology ... #Causes
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Intestine - Other causes ... Cholangitis (PBC ... - Other biliary ... #hepatology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus, Right upper quadrant discomfort
Signs: Jaundice, Xanthelasmata, Hepatomegaly
Associated history:
Primary Biliary ... Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm ... Elevated ALP 2. ... #Biliary #Cirrhosis ... #hepatology
Causes of Extravascular and Intravascular Hemolysis - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Extravascular - Spleen and RES-mediated hemolysis
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Causes of Extravascular ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... elliptocytosis - RBC ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #Causes #Hematology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
Primary Biliary ... intralobular bile ducts causes ... obstruction • ALP ... cholangitis #diagnosis #workup ... #hepatology
Causes of Anemia with Normal Mean Corpuscular Volume (MCV) - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Decreased WBCs
 - Decreased/NormaI
Causes of Anemia ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Bleed • Hemolysis ... Microangiopathic Hemolytic ... #Causes #Hematology
Causes of Biliary Dilatation - Differential Diagnosis
 • Physiological: ↑ Age, Cholecystectomy, Opioid dependence, Post-sphincterotomy
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Causes of Biliary ... pancreatitis, PSC ... Parasitic infection, Ischaemic ... #Dilatation #causes ... differential #diagnosis #hepatology