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Elevated Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Mild (<100-500): 
 • NAFLD
 • Cirrhosis
 •
Elevated Liver Function ... (Drug-induced liver ... Hepatopathy (shock liver ... LouLectures #Liver ... #hepatology #transaminitis
Cholestatic Liver Disease: Primary Biliary Cirrhosis vs Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

#pathophysiology #pbc #psc #hepatology #comparison
Cholestatic Liver ... Disease: Primary ... Cholangitis #pathophysiology ... #pbc #psc #hepatology ... #comparison
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
Hepatocellular Liver ... Framework: Liver ... Injury → liver ... #hepatology #algorithm ... Transaminitis #LFTs
Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
of Severe Acute Liver ... - Drug-Induced liver ... - Wilson disease ... #Differential #Hepatology ... #Diagnosis
Signs of Chronic Liver Disease ( Cirrhosis )

#Diagnosis #Cirrhosis #Signs #Symptoms #Hepatology
Signs of Chronic ... Liver Disease ( ... Cirrhosis ) #Diagnosis ... #Cirrhosis #Signs ... #Symptoms #Hepatology
Patterns of Liver Injury
Transaminase Levels:
  > 50x normal - Ischemic Hepatitis
  > 20x normal
Patterns of Liver ... #Patterns #Liver ... #Injury #hepatology ... #LFTs #transaminitis ... #differential #diagnosis
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
Interpretation of LFTs ... Hepatocellular Level ... disease: > 2 ... #chemistry #diagnosis ... #differential #Hepatology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Causes of Acute Liver ... Hepatocellular - Liver ... Artery: Shock Liver ... Sophia_Hayes_MD #Liver ... Acute #algorithm #hepatology
Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
 • Fever, acute onset RUQ pain,
progressing to acute liver ... Liver transplant ... Hepatobiliary #hepatology ... #hepatitis #differential ... #diagnosis
Complications of Measles: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings
 • ADEM -> Fever, headache, neck stiffness, BBD, mental
oral ulcer • Hepatitis ... N/V, elevated liver ... Complications #diagnosis ... #signs #symptoms ... #pathophysiology