Liver path I Flashcards
What is the most common cause of chronic liver disease? Second most common?
- Hep C
2. EtOH
What are the two enzymes that are used in LFTs?
AST
ALT
Which is more specific for the liver: AST or ALT
ALT
AST is in muscles
What does LDH measure?
RBC destruction
What causes increase LFTs?
Breakage of hepatocytes
What are the three tests that measure the liver synthesis function?
Serum albumin
INR
Serum ammonia
What is the test that you want to order to differentiate if there is an isolated elevated alk phos to determine if it comes from the liver vs from the bone?
Gamma-glutamyl-transpeptidase
Isolated elevation in alk phos is suspicious for what disease?
Bile duct problems
Primary sclerosing cholangitis vs primary biliary cholangitis***
What form of bilirubin is conjugated: direct or indirect?
Direct
What is the normal range of direct bilirubin?
0.1-1.2 mg/dL
Greater than what level of direct bili causes jaundice?
> 2 mg/dL
Why is direct bilirubin named as such?
Can be directly measured in the lab since it’s water soluble?
How do they calculate indirect bili?
Subtract direct from the total bili
Where does bili concentrate?
Hepatocytes
Why is it that there is an increase in direct bili with alcoholic cirrhosis?
Edema of the hepatocytes causing obstruction of bile flow
Where are the best places to tell if an AA pt hwat jaundice?
Sclera
Mucous membranes
What are the prehepatic causes of increased bili
Hemolysis
What are the hepatic causes of increased bili?
Cirrhosis
What are the post hepatic causes of jaundice?
Obstruction of the bile duct
Heme is converted to what? What are the enzymes at each of these steps?
Biliverdin to bilirubin
heme oxygenase and biliverdin reductase respectively
Where does bilirubin formation occur?
Hepatocytes
Prehepatic causes of bilirubin cause an increase in what type of bilirubin?
Unconjugated
Hepatic causes of hyperbilirubinemia usually has what type of bilirubin?
Conjugated or unconjugated
Obstructive causes of hyperbilirubinemia usually has what type of bilirubin?
Conjugated
What is stercobilinogen?
Color of bili in the stool
What is the bili found in urine?
Urobilinogen
How is urobilinogen formed?
made by bacteria
What is the enzymes that conjugated heme?
UGT1A1–uridine diphosphate-glucuronyltransferase 1 A1
What is the transporter for bilirubin into hepatocyte ER?
Bilirubin-glutathione S tranferas