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Abnormal Liver Function Tests - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm for Transaminitis
Hepatocellular Pattern (ALT or AST > ALP):
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... for Transaminitis ... >15X ULN ... Elevated #Abnormal #Transaminitis ... #Algorithm #diagnosis
Liver Function Test (LFTs) Elevation
AST - Cardiac and skeletal muscle, kidney, brain
ALT - More specific for
kidney, brain ALT ... R Value = (ALT ... / ULN ALT) / (ALP ... / ULN ALP) ... LFTs #Elevation #Transaminitis
Liver Enzymes (LFTs) - Causes of Hepatocellular and Cholestatic Liver Injury
Hepatocellular Liver Injury
 • AST/ALT elevation
Injury • AST/ALT ... > Alk phos • ALT ... • R value = (ALT ... + ULN ALT) / (alkaline ... #Cholestatic #Transaminitis
Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... Severe ALT > 15x ... ULN • Viral ... HELLP Moderate ALT ... Differential #Diagnosis #Algorithm
Evaluation abnormal liver tests in pregnancy
- Cholestatic Pattern
- Hepatocellular Pattern

#LFTs #transaminits #pregnancy #obgyn #obstetrics #hepatology #diagnosis
Pattern #LFTs #transaminits ... #differential #algorithm
Liver Chemistries - Interpretation of LFTs

R-value: Serum (ALT/ULN ALT) / (Alk phos/ULN ALP)
 • R >
R-value: Serum (ALT ... /ULN ALT) / (Alk ... phos/ULN ALP) ... to liver than ALT ... differential #Hepatology #transaminitis
Hepatocellular Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Framework:
Liver Injury → liver test abnormalities without evidence of liver
increase in AST/ALT ... compared with AST/ALT ... Diagnosis #hepatology #algorithm ... #Transaminitis
Algorithmic Approach to the Patient with Azotemia

#Azotemia #AKI #Nephrology #Diagnosis #Differential #Algorithm #Management
Algorithmic Approach ... Azotemia #AKI #Nephrology ... #Differential #Algorithm
Kidney Biopsy - Diagnosis Algorithms
1) Normal Glomerulus by LM
2) Glomerular Crescents
3) Double Contours of GBM
4) Endocapillary
Biopsy - Diagnosis Algorithms ... renal #Diagnosis #Algorithm ... #nephrology #pathology
Hyperkalemia - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

#Hyperkalemia #Differential #Algorithm #Diagnosis #Nephrology
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... #Differential #Algorithm ... #Diagnosis #Nephrology