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Liver Enzymes (LFTs) - Causes of Hepatocellular and Cholestatic Liver Injury
Hepatocellular Liver Injury
 • AST/ALT elevation
Liver Enzymes (LFTs ... pathology (low level ... skeletal muscle and kidney ... Transaminitis #diagnosis #differential ... #hepatology
Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
 • Fever, acute onset RUQ pain,
hepatic crisis: • Fever ... cholestasis: • Fever ... Liver transplant ... Hepatobiliary #hepatology ... #hepatitis #differential
Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis 
Clinical 
 • Fever 
 • Chills 
 • Abdominal pain 
Diagnosis
Peritonitis Clinical ... • Fever • ... SBP #Diagnosis #Hepatology
Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure (ACLF) Clinical Guidelines

ACLF = possibly reversible condition in those with CLD (± cirrhosis)
Acute-on-Chronic Liver ... Failure (ACLF) Clinical ... disease, liver ... Circulation Failure Kidney ... Failure #Cirrhosis #Hepatology
Causes of Hypernatremia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hypernatremia - Excess free water loss, Serum Sodium >145 mmol/L
High
Hypernatremia - Differential ... • Decreased level ... ICU patients • Fever ... Hypernatremia #Nephrology ... #Differential #
Macrophage Activation Syndrome (MAS)
Classified among the secondary or acquired forms of haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (sHLH)

What?
A subset of
disease • Periodic fever ... multiorgan failure • Fever ... - Nonremitting fever ... ALT ↑ bilirubin level ... Diagnosis #Management #Hematology
Dysmorphic Red Blood Cells on Electron Microscopy
This eyeSCANdy image shows dysmorphic red blood cells from the
ElectronMicroscopy #SEM #clinical ... #pathology #hematology ... #nephrology #Red
Urine Microscopy - Kidney Stones and Crystals 

Uric Acid, Cystine, Hippurate, Cloth Fiber, Tyrosine, CaOx, CaP,
Urine Microscopy - Kidney ... Identification #Differential ... Shapes #Diagnosis #Clinical ... #Stones #Key #Nephrology ... #Sediment #Kidney
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Hepatocellular Level ... cardiac muscle, RBC, Kidney ... Cardiac muscle, Kidneys ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential ... #Hepatology #transaminitis
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
ALP) Elevation - Differential ... Highest • Bone • Liver ... Intestine • Kidney ... ALP #Elevation #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hepatology