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Causes of Severe Acute Liver Injury
 - Ichemic hepatitis
 - Acute biliary obstruction
 - Drug-Induced liver
Injury - Ichemic hepatitis ... - Acute biliary ... Hemochromatosis - Primary biliary ... Acute #Causes #Differential ... #Hepatology #Diagnosis
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Liver Enzymes - Differential ... • Pregnancy - AFLP ... • Alcoholic hepatitis ... Duct Stone • Biliary ... Others #LFTs #Hepatology
Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Function Tests - Differential ... (ALT or AST > ALP ... Wilsons, Pregnancy - AFLP ... - CBD stone, Biliary ... Algorithm #diagnosis #hepatology
Right Upper Quadrant Pain
Liver:
 - Infectious: Acute viral hepatitis, Liver abscess
 - Non-infectious: hepatitis (Alcohol, Medications),
Infectious: Acute viral hepatitis ... Non-infectious: hepatitis ... Budd-Chiari syndrome Biliary ... "biliary colic") ... #RUQ #Pain #differential
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Liver Injury - Differential ... Extrahepatic - Biliary ... - Obstruction: Biliary ... #differential # ... diagnosis #algorithm #hepatology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Pathophysiology
Environmental Risk Factors: Geographic location, Smoking, Microbial triggers, Xenobiotics, Nail polish
Epigentics Risk
Primary Biliary ... Cirrhosis - Pathophysiology ... Xenobiotics, Nail polish ... #PBC #Primary #Biliary ... #hepatology
Hepatomegaly - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Malignant
 • Primary Carcinoma
 • Metastases
 • Lymphoma
 • Leukemia
 • Polycythemia
Hepatomegaly - Differential ... Infectious • Hepatitis ... Cholangitis • Primary Biliary ... #Hepatomegaly #Differential ... Algorithm #Causes #Hepatology
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
) Elevation - Differential ... Drugs - Primary biliary ... PSC - Other biliary ... #Elevation #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hepatology
Causes of Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis
Hepatocellular - Liver Parenchyma
 • Infectious: Hepatitis C, A,
Liver Injury - Differential ... , Acute biliary ... Extrahepatic • Biliary ... Liver #Injury #Differential ... Acute #algorithm #hepatology
Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy (AFLP)
Pathophysiology:
 • Defect in fetal free fatty acid metabolism products →
of Pregnancy (AFLP ... ) Pathophysiology ... infiltration) Differential ... Diagnosis: Viral Hepatitis ... iMedEducation #AFLP