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Elevated Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Mild (<100-500): 
 • NAFLD
 • Cirrhosis
 •
Elevated Liver Function ... Tests (LFTs) - ... 100-500): • NAFLD ... #Function #Tests ... #Diagnosis #hepatology
Features of Components of Liver Function Tests #Diagnosis #IM #GI #LFTs #Liver #Function #Tests #Locations #AlkPhos
Function Tests ... #Diagnosis #IM # ... GI #LFTs #Liver ... #Function #Tests ... AlkPhos #AST #ALT #Ddxof
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Abnormal Liver Function ... Tests - Differential ... Diagnosis Algorithm ... Drugs, Viral, Ischemia ... #diagnosis #hepatology
Diagnosis and Management of Idiosyncratic Drug-induced Liver Injury (DILI)

DILI Types:
 • Intrinsic - predictable, dose dependent
Diagnosis and Management ... Chronic - ongoing ↑ LFTs ... #differential #Diagnosis ... gastroenterology #algorithm ... gastroenterology #hepatology
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Elevated Liver Enzymes ... Algorithm Severe ... Drugs/Toxins • Ischemia ... • Others #LFTs ... #Hepatology #LiverEnzymes
Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
Liver Function Test ... (LFTs) Elevation ... abnormality vs bone Bili ... Transaminitis #diagnosis ... #hepatology
Evaluation abnormal liver tests in pregnancy
- Cholestatic Pattern
- Hepatocellular Pattern

#LFTs #transaminits #pregnancy #obgyn #obstetrics #hepatology #diagnosis
Evaluation abnormal liver ... tests in pregnancy ... Hepatocellular Pattern #LFTs ... #diagnosis #differential ... #algorithm
Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Normal Values and Interpretation

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) - Liver, cardiac & skeletal
Liver Function Tests ... (LFTs) - Normal ... #Function #Tests ... Interpretation #diagnosis ... #hepatology
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
test abnormalities ... • Vascular: Ischemic ... antitrypsin • Other: NAFLD ... #hepatology #algorithm ... Transaminitis #LFTs
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
Abnormal liver function ... tests algorithm ... of NAFLD. ... #LFTs #Abnormal ... #Algorithm #Hepatology