LABORATORY TESTS IN LIVER DISEASE
The liver, the largest organ in the body, has a wide array of metabolic functions. Indeed, it plays a central role in many essential physiological processes, including glucose homeostasis, plasma protein synthesis, lipid and lipoprotein synthesis, bile acid synthesis and secretion, and vitamin storage (B12, A, D, E, and K), as well as biotransformation, detoxification, and excretion of a vast array of endogenous and exogenous compounds. The clinical manifestations of liver disease are, likewise, varied and may be quite subtle. Clues to the existence, severity, and etiology of liver disease may be obtained from a careful history and physical examination or by routine laboratory screening tests. Clinical clues to the presence of liver disease will be briefly mentioned here and are discussed more fully in other chapters. This chapter will focus on the use of laboratory tests in the evaluation of liver disease.
- ACID-PEPTIC DISEASE
- FACTORS AFFECTING THE RATE OF LOSS OF NEPHRONS
- CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE
- Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis
- TREATMENT
- Chronic Interstitial Nephritis
- PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ON CARDIAC FUNCTION
- Multiple Myeloma
- Aspiration Pneumonia and Lung Abscess
- GAS TRANSFER
- EFFECTORS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
- Incidence
- CLINICAL ASSESSMENT OF THE REGULATION OF VENTILATION
- SPECIFIC MANIFESTATIONS OF RENAL DISEASE
- Reduction in GFR
- MEDICAL MANAGEMENT OF ANGINA
- NORMAL ESOPHAGEAL PHYSIOLOGY
- Pathology
- CARCINOMA OF THE PANCREAS - Clinical Manifestations
- CARDIOVASCULAR RESPONSE TO EXERCISE
- TREATMENT
- EFFECTS OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION ON PULMONARY FUNCTION
- Diet
- GROSS ANATOMY
- DRUG-ASSOCIATED RENAL INJURY
- ARTERJAL BLOOD GASES
- Bleeding Diatheses
- Endocrine and Other Considerations
- Laparoscopy
- Anatomical Imaging of the Urinary
- ACUTE AND CHRONIC HEPATITIS - DEFIRILTIORI
- CONTROL OF BREATHING IN DISEASE STATES
- Portal Hypertension
- BROliCHIECTASIS
- Treatment and Prognosis