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Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
ALP - Biliary ... Transaminase >> Alkaline ... Cholestatic Pattern - Alkaline ... Transaminitis #diagnosis ... #hepatology
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm ALP ... Highest • Bone • Liver ... PSC - Other biliary ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Normal Values and Interpretation

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) - Liver, cardiac & skeletal
, lungs, RBCs Alkaline ... , biliary epithelium ... Crigler-Najjar) Albumin ... Interpretation #diagnosis ... #hepatology
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Abnormal Liver Function ... or AST > ALP): ... Drugs, Viral, Ischemia ... - CBD stone, Biliary ... #diagnosis #hepatology
Liver Chemistry Tests - AST, ALT, Alkaline Phosphatase and Bilirubin Metabolism
AST and ALT:
 • AST: liver
, Alkaline Phosphatase ... Alkaline phosphatase ... Released from albumin ... AlkPhos #Bilirubin #Hepatology ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
- Differential Diagnosis ... compared with alkaline ... disproportionate increase in alkaline ... • Vascular: Ischemic ... #hepatology #algorithm
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
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Elevated Liver Enzymes ... Algorithm Severe ... Drugs/Toxins • Ischemia ... Duct Stone • Biliary ... Others #LFTs #Hepatology
Diagnosis of ascites according to the serum ascites albumin gradient (SAAG)
SAAG ≥ 1.1:
 - Ascitic protein
Diagnosis of ascites ... syndrome, Massive liver ... syndrome SAAG < 1.1: Biliary ... #gradient #hepatology ... #algorithm
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
- Differential Diagnosis ... Algorithm Vascular ... Extrahepatic - Biliary ... #differential #diagnosis ... #algorithm #hepatology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
tests algorithm ... include extrahepatic biliary ... ALP, alkaline phosphatase ... ; ALT, alanine aminotransferase ... #Hepatology #Liver