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Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
Hepatocellular Liver ... Injuryliver ... Liver Injury Differential ... • Vascular: Ischemic ... #Liver #Injury
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Abnormal Liver Function ... Transaminitis Hepatocellular ... Drugs, Viral, Ischemia ... Wilson's, HH, NAFLD ... #diagnosis #hepatology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Injury - Differential ... Diagnosis Hepatocellular ... Antitrypsin • Other: NAFLD ... Causes #Acute #algorithm ... #hepatology
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
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Elevated Liver Enzymes ... Drugs/Toxins • Ischemia ... ALT < 5x ULN • NAFLD ... disease US — Normal ... Others #LFTs #Hepatology
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Acute Liver Injury ... function may be abnormal ... #hepatology
Drug Induced Liver Injury (DILI) - Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm
DILI suspicion
Features toxic aetiology: Skin involvement, Kidney injury,
Injury (DILI) - ... Stepwise Diagnosis Algorithm ... alternative causes • Hepatocellular ... disease, Hepatic ischaemia ... #Algorithm #hepatology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... tests algorithm ... a diagnosis of NAFLD ... normalised ratio; LDH, lactate ... #Algorithm #Hepatology
Elevated Lactate Dehydrogenase (LDH) - Differential Diagnosis Framework

LDH is a cytoplasmic enzyme present in tissues throughout
Elevated Lactate ... RBCs, muscle, liver ... upon damage • Normal ... hepatitis • Acute Hepatocellular ... differential #diagnosis #Laboratory
Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Normal Values and Interpretation

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) - Liver, cardiac & skeletal
(LFTs) - Normal ... intrahepatic cholestasis, hepatocellular ... injury, genetic ... #Tests #LFTs #Laboratory ... Interpretation #diagnosis #hepatology
Autoimmune Hepatitis

Clinical Presentation
 - Highly variable clinical presentation, from subclinical disease to acute liver failure.
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- Typically hepatocellular ... pattern of liver ... injury, though ... Necrosis) If mild laboratory ... Diagnosis #Management #Hepatology