LABORATORY TESTS OF LIVER FUNCTION AND DISEASE
Unlike tests used to assess function of other organ systems (e.g., arterial blood gas, creatinine clearance), “liver function” tests often do not measure liver function, nor do they accurately reflect etiology or severity of a disease process. Nevertheless, if their limitations are understood, they can be very useful. In general, the tests currently available can be divided into two categories: (1) tests of hepatic function or capacity, and (2) screening tests that suggest the presence and/ or type of liver disease. Specific diagnostic tests such as serological tests for hepatitis B infection are covered in other chapters.
- DIFFUSE INFILTRATIVE DISEASES OF THE LUNG
- DIAGNOSIS AND EVALUATION
- AORTIC DISEASE - AORTIC ANEURYSMS
- Liddle’s Syndrome
- INFECTIVE ENDOCARDITIS
- ENDOSCOPIC PROCEDURES
- Radionuclide Imaging
- Conservative Management
- BROliCHIECTASIS
- CLINICAL PRESENTATION
- DEFINITION
- LABORATORY TESTS IN LIVER DISEASE
- INVASIVE DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES
- NONMEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF ANGINA PECTORIS
- NAUSEA AND VOMITING
- Definition
- Bartter’s Syndrome
- Diet
- Proliferative Glomerulonephritis
- Comprehensive Health-care Program for Children in Foster Care
- Portal Hypertension
- MAJOR COMPLICATIONS OF CIRRHOSIS
- Private provider loses NHS deal
- ACUTE PANCREATITIS
- HEART DISEASE AND PREGNANCY
- SPECIFIC MANIFESTATIONS OF RENAL DISEASE
- CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE TO EXERCISE
- APPROACH TO THE DIAGNOSIS OF JAUNDICE
- Differential Diagnosis and Evaluation of the Patient
- Etiology and Pathogenesis
- ACUTE AND CHRONIC HEPATITIS - DEFIRILTIORI
- Outcome and Prognosis
- C. MALABSORPTION
- MANAGEMENT OF CARDIAC ARRHYTHMIAS
- CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE