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Patterns of Liver Injury
Transaminase Levels:
  > 50x normal - Ischemic Hepatitis
  > 20x normal
20x normal - Acute ... Infection (EBV/CMV), Alcoholic ... AST:ALT > 2.5 - Alcoholic ... Liver #Injury #hepatology ... #LFTs #transaminitis
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
Drugs (MDMA), Alcohol ... • Vascular: Ischemic ... Differential #Diagnosis #hepatology ... #algorithm #Transaminitis ... #LFTs #hepatitis
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Liver Failure (ALF ... Production: • Albumin ... ALT Ratios: • Alcoholic ... #differential #Hepatology ... #transaminitis
Serum Ascites Albumin Gradient (SAAG) - Differential Diagnosis
High albumin gradient (>1.1 g/dl):
 - Cirrhosis	
 - Alcoholic
Cirrhosis - Alcoholic ... hepatitis - Cardiac ... Veno-occlusive disease - Acute ... associated with bowel ischemia ... Differential #Diagnosis #hepatology
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm ... HEV, EBV, CMV), Alcohol-related ... disease, Hepatic ischaemia ... dechallenge • Acute ... #hepatology