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Elevated Liver Enzymes - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Severe ALT > 15x ULN
 • Viral
 • Drugs/Toxins
 •
Liver Enzymes - Differential ... US - Dilated Bile ... Ducts • Common Bile ... #LiverEnzymes #Differential ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #Causes
IBD - Assessment of Lack of Response (sLOR) - Differential Diagnosis
Non-inflammatory mechanisms:
 • IBS
 • Fibrostenotic
Response (sLOR) - Differential ... Malignancy • Other (bile ... LossOfResponse #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
What the Color of Urine Can Tell You - Differential Diagnosis by Urine Color
Clear: excess water
Pale
Can Tell You - Differential ... dehydrated, liver/bile ... #Urine #color #differential ... #diagnosis #causes
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
small intralobular bile ... of intralobular bile ... ducts causes cholestasis ... of interlobular bile ... ducts Differential
Acute Liver Injury - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

Vascular Causes of Acute Liver Injury: 
 • Hepatic vein:
Liver Injury - Differential ... Algorithm Vascular Causes ... - Cholestasis/Bile ... Unconjugated Bili ... injury #hepatitis #differential
Classification of Jaundice
Unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia (predominantly indirect bilirubin)
 • Increased bilirubin production (eg, hemolytic anemias, hemolytic reactions,
genes coding for bile ... miscellaneous causes ... external pressure on bile ... #unconjugated #differential ... #causes
Causes of Green Colored Urine - Differential Diagnosis
Drugs/Ingestion: 
 • Cimetidine, Promethazine, Indomethacin, Metoclopramide, Flutamide, Methylene
Causes of Green ... Colored Urine - Differential ... Miscellaneous: • Bile ... #Green #Urine #Differential ... #Diagnosis #Causes
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
ALP) Elevation - Differential ... Intestine - Other causes ... biliary diseases/Bile ... ALP #Elevation #Differential
Causes of Ascites
Normal Peritoneum
Portal hypertension (SAAG > 1.1 g/dL)
  1. Hepatic congestionl
Causes of Ascites ... Pancreatic ascites - Bile ... peritonitis #Ascites #Causes ... #diagnosis #differential
Causes of a low fecal elastase
Abnormal pancreatic imaging:
Chronic pancreatitis, Pancreatic tumours including cystic disease, Pancreatic resection,
Causes of a low ... pancreas), Genetic causes ... Diabetes mellitus, Bile ... elastase #low #differential ... #diagnosis #causes