REBOOT #293 The Best of Liver Tests with Dr. Elliot Tapper

The Curbsiders Internal Medicine Podcast

Health & Fitness, Medicine, Science, Higher Education, Education

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🗓️ 4 September 2023

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

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Take a walk through Liver Land with Dr. Elliot Tapper (@ebtapper on Twitter) as we stroll through the best of liver tests. Once differentiating a hepatocellular versus cholestatic injury picture, Dr. Tapper shares some targeted labs to help with etiology, as well as what to do with those pesky isolated lab abnormalities. On top of that, we review common causes of severe acute liver disease and issues in pregnancy. Join us, and you’ll be writing more accurate notes as Dr. Tapper schools us on what “liver function tests” really mean!

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Credits

Written and Produced by: Elena Gibson MD
Cover Art and Infographic: Kate Grant MD; Elena Gibson MD
Hosts: Stuart Brigham MD; Matthew Watto MD, FACP; Paul Williams MD, FACP
Editor: Emi Okamoto MD (written materials); Clair Morgan of nodderly.com
Guest: Elliot Tapper MD

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Show Segments

Intro, disclaimer, guest bio
Guest one-liner
Definitions of liver enzymes, liver function tests
Patterns of acute liver injury
Drug-induced liver injury
Isolated alkaline phosphatase elevation
Isolated total bilirubin elevation
Livery Injury During Pregnancy
Acute liver failure
Outro

Transcript

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0:00.0	You're about to hear a classic episode of the curbsiders with the great doctor, Elliott
0:06.2	Tapper discussing the best of liver tests, giving us just a really easy to understand
0:11.8	way to how he approaches the patient with abnormal liver testing.
0:16.1	Yeah, I can't call it LFTs.
0:17.9	This one was produced by Dr. Elena Gibson.
0:20.8	It is an absolute classic, so if you haven't heard it, definitely check it out.
0:24.9	But if you have heard it, listen again, because there's so much in here, I bet you missed
0:29.2	something the first time around.
0:31.2	And you need to consolidate your knowledge with this space learning.
0:35.1	And if you're still craving new content, then now is a great time to sign up for our
0:38.8	Patreon where we continue to release two bonus episodes every month, plus you can check
0:43.2	out all the previous ones you've missed over the past several months.
0:46.3	And now, thanks the popular demand.
0:48.2	We're offering annual or monthly subscriptions, so you can check out all the different options
0:52.4	at patreon.com slash curbsiders.
1:22.4	Paul, we have done it again.
1:31.3	We sure did not.
1:32.3	We sure did.
1:33.3	I'm Dr. Matthew Wato here with my good friend, Dr. Paul Nelson Williams and a producer
1:37.6	who we will introduce in a second tonight we talked about liver tests.
1:42.6	We're not allowed to call them liver function tests, but we had a great guest, Dr. Elliott
1:48.2	Tapper, who you may know from liver Twitter.
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