Liver function tests

Cirrhosis of the liver can be detected by different tests and studies. They can be both invasive and non-invasive procedures. They range from a physical examination to diagnostic test and clinical findings. Diagnostic examinations include blood tests, serum-protein tests, various chemical tests, and ultrasound imaging among other assortments for detection is disease. Measuring the levels of certain chemicals produced by the liver can show how competently your liver is functiong. Blood tests may…

Background In 2014, the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD) and European Association for the Study of the Liver (EASL) published a new set of practice guidelines for Hepatic Encephalopathy (Vistrup et al., 2014). These guidelines define Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE) as “a brain dysfunction caused by liver insufficiency and/or portosystemic shunting, and manifests as a wide spectrum of neurological/psychiatric abnormalities ranging from subclinical alterations to coma”…

The liver is located under the diaphragm in the upper right side of your abdominal cavity. It has many important jobs including digestive processes. It also carries out many metabolic and regulatory functions in the body and is also responsible for producing bile to breakdown fats in the food we eat. The gallbladder is similar to a small storage sac, it helps the liver to store bile. The liver and gallbladder connect by the common bile duct. Many disease states can affect these two closely…

AND PREVETION OF HEPATIC CIRRHOSIS AND FIBROSIS INTRODUCTION Liver cirrhosis is a common outcome in clinical progressions of all chronic liver diseases, distinguished by substitution of tissues of the liver by fibrous (scar) tissues. Regenerative nodules - lumps that appear in a bid to repair the damaged tissues – also replace the liver tissues, leading to an alteration of the liver structure to into structurally abnormal nodules. Liver fibrosis is as a resultant effect of the propagation of the…

The Importance of the Liver and the effects of Cirrhosis The liver is known to be the largest organ in the body weighing at about three pounds in adults. It is located in the right upper quadrant area, more specifically in the hypochondriac region beneath the diagram. The liver is one of the most important organs as it performs many metabolic roles. Without it, we would not have the ability to survive. The liver is responsible for performing important functions such as making proteins that aid…

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Introduction Liver transplantation (LT) is a well-established curative therapy for irreversible chronic end-stage liver disease or acute liver failure (1-3). Since the introduction of the liver transplant procedure, it has been a standard approach to give postoperative ventilation in children and exact timing of extubation is usually debatable but it has been noted that early or even immediate extubation may be a feasible approach nowadays (4-6). It is important to assess timing of extubation…

becomes sick and their liver starts to fail, the patient’s doctor assesses whether or not the patient is a good candidate for a successful transplant. If the doctor comes to the conclusion that the patient is a good candidate for the liver transplant, then the patient will be directed to a transplant center to be evaluated. The evaluation includes a complete medical history, physical examination, blood and urine tests, x rays and other imaging tests, and tests to check the function of the…

purpose of this study was to test whether carvedilol improves hepatic function and to determine the changes in carvedilol pharmacokinetics in the setting of liver fibrosis. Various tests were completed in rats to measure hepatic blood flow, as well as synthetic and metabolic capacity. Three of the four main components of PK were described in the introduction of the paper. Oral absorption of carvedilol is both rapid and complete. Extensive metabolism occurs in the liver. Elimination of the drug…

Introduction So what is GGT? GGT stands for Gamma-glutamyl Transferase, it is found on the cell surface that contribute to the extracellular catabolism of glutathione (GSH). The most GGT serum is derived from the liver, but it is also produced in many other tissues. GGT is primarily carried with lipoproteins and albumin in serum. The levels of GGT is determined by various factors such as alcohol intake, body fat content, plasma lipid/ lipoproteins and glucose levels, and also various medications…