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Liver Function Tests (LFTs)
 - Aspartate aminotransferase (AST) 
 - Alanine aminotransferase (ALT) 
 - Alkaline
Function Tests (LFTs ... - Alkaline phosphatase ... Function #Tests #LFTs
Liver Enzymes (LFTs) - Causes of Hepatocellular and Cholestatic Liver Injury
Hepatocellular Liver Injury
 • AST/ALT elevation
Liver Enzymes (LFTs ... ALT) / (alkaline phosphatase ... + ULN alkaline phosphatase ... Liver #Enzymes #LFTs
Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
Function Test (LFTs ... Transaminase >> Alkaline Phosphatase ... Pattern - Alkaline Phosphatase ... #FunctionTest #LFTs
Pathologic / Fragility Fractures - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm 
Tumours
 - See Bone Lesions Scheme
Paget's Disease
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Positive Alkaline Phosphatase ... Mineralization Defect • Phosphate ... Fractures #Pathologic #MSK
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
with alkaline phosphatase ... increase in alkaline phosphate ... Transaminitis #LFTs
Flexor Tenosynovitis (FTS)

The clinical diagnosis of FTS is made using Kanavel’s Signs:
 - Fusiform swelling.
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Tenosynovitis (FTS ... clinical diagnosis of FTS ... Criteria #Sign #Hand #MSK
Symptoms of Hypophosphatemia
 • CNS: Seizures, Delirium, Paresthesias, Central & extrapontine myelinolysis, Hallucinations, Fatigue
 • Hematologic:
Bone pain • MSK ... Hypophosphatemia #Phosphate
Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Normal Values and Interpretation

Alanine aminotransferase (ALT/SGPT) - Liver, cardiac & skeletal
Function Tests (LFTs ... RBCs Alkaline phosphatase ... Function #Tests #LFTs
This is what a shoulder dislocation looks like on US before and after reduction. Focus on
Focus on the joint ... EM_RESUS #Clinical #POCUS ... #MSK #Shoulder
Liver Abscess on POCUS
24yo healthy F to ED w/rigors &DCed. 2/2 blood cx + for fusobacterium,
Liver Abscess on POCUS ... asymptomatic, CBC/chem/LFTs ... Abscess #Hepatic #POCUS