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Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
Diagnosis Framework ... : Liver Injury ... → liver test abnormalities ... Diagnosis: • ... #Diagnosis #hepatology
Acute Spinal Cord Injuries: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Anterior Cord Syndrome -> Anterior spinal artery
spinal artery injury ... function below injury ... #Syndromes #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology ... #orthopedics #neurology
Isolated Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Injury: Pathogenesis and clinical findings
 • Feeling a "pop"
 • Acute
Ligament (ACL) Injury ... + Pivot Shift test ... Anterior Drawer test ... AnteriorCruciateLigament #ACL #Injury ... #MSK #Sports #pathophysiology
Elevated Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - Differential Diagnosis Framework
Mild (<100-500): 
 • NAFLD
 • Cirrhosis
 •
Tests (LFTs) - ... Differential Diagnosis ... injury) • Ischemic ... #Function #Tests ... #Differential #Diagnosis
Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
Liver Function Test ... specific for the liver ... Hepatocellular injury ... 2: Cholestatic injury ... Transaminitis #diagnosis
Spondylolysis & Spondylolisthesis: Pathogenesis and Clinical Findings

Pars interarticularis stress fracture (spondylolysis) - most frequently in the
S1 => Weakened stability ... hyperextension test ... (Stork test) ... Spondylolisthesis #MSK #diagnosis ... #pathophysiology
Liver Chemistry Tests - AST, ALT, Alkaline Phosphatase and Bilirubin Metabolism
AST and ALT:
 • AST: liver
Liver Chemistry ... Tests - AST, ALT ... #Chemistry #Tests ... Bilirubin #Hepatology #Pathophysiology ... #Diagnosis #LFTs
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Acute Liver Injury ... - Differential Diagnosis ... Injury: • Hepatic ... extrahepatic source - Tests ... #differential #diagnosis
Gerstmann Syndrome
1) Finger agnosia - Inability to name their own fingers, affecting both sides
2) Right-left confusion
Finger agnosia - Inability ... 3) Acalculia - Inability ... Traumatic Brain Injury ... Gerstmann #Syndrome #neurology ... #diagnosis
Metformin Associated Lactic Acidosis (MALA) 

Pathophysiology of MALA
 - Metformin interferes with the activity of the
Acidosis (MALA) Pathophysiology ... cycle found in the liver ... anaerobic metabolism Diagnosis ... and acute kidney injury ... - hemodynamic instability