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Liver Enzymes (LFTs) - Causes of Hepatocellular and Cholestatic Liver Injury
Hepatocellular Liver Injury
 • AST/ALT elevation
Liver Enzymes (LFTs ... skeletal muscle and kidney ... + ULN ALT) / (alkaline ... Transaminitis #diagnosis #differential ... #hepatology
Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
(LFTs) Elevation ... skeletal muscle, kidney ... Hepatocellular injury ... #FunctionTest #LFTs ... Transaminitis #diagnosis #hepatology
Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Normal Values and Interpretation

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) - Liver, cardiac & skeletal
(LFTs) - Normal ... , lungs, RBCs Alkaline ... hepatocellular injury ... Function #Tests #LFTs ... Interpretation #diagnosis #hepatology
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Interpretation of LFTs ... • Liver injury ... chemistry #diagnosis #differential ... #Hepatology #transaminitis ... #LFTs #RValue #
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
Injury - Differential ... Injuryliver ... Injury Differential ... #Injury #Differential ... #Diagnosis #hepatology
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
Alkaline Phosphatase ... - Differential ... Intestine • Kidney ... #Elevation #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hepatology
Liver Chemistry Tests - AST, ALT, Alkaline Phosphatase and Bilirubin Metabolism
AST and ALT:
 • AST: liver
, Alkaline Phosphatase ... cardiac muscle > kidney ... Alkaline phosphatase ... AlkPhos #Bilirubin #Hepatology ... Pathophysiology #Diagnosis #LFTs
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... - Differential ... cardiac muscle, kidneys ... #differential # ... diagnosis #algorithm #hepatology
Low Alkaline Phosphatase - Hypophosphatasia 

Is Low Alkaline Phosphatase Of Clinical Importance?

ALP enzyme- Discovered in 1923
Low
synthesized in: liver ... tubule of the kidney ... Low phosphorus level ... respiratory failure • Neurologic ... Hyophosphatasia #hepatology
Abnormal liver function tests algorithm.
 This figure details the initial response to abnormal liver blood tests.
ALP, alkaline phosphatase ... ; ALT, alanine aminotransferase ... #LFTs #Abnormal ... #Algorithm #Hepatology ... #Differential #