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Neglected liver function tests

Name: Neglected liver function tests
Creator: Philip D Welsby
Keywords: Diagnosis, Differential, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Liver Function Tests, Humans, Jaundice, Diagnostic Errors, 3. Good health

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 04 May 2016 English Publisher:Oxford University Press (OUP)Journal:Postgraduate Medical Journal, volume 92, pages 421-421 (issn: 0032-5473, eissn: 1469-0756,

Authors: Philip D Welsby;

doi: 10.1136/postgradmedj-2016-134160

pmid: 27147611

Neglected liver function tests

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Abstract

The paper ‘Evaluation of abnormal liver function tests’1 made several important points. However, there are other ‘liver function tests’ that do not receive the attention they deserve. We must not forget clinical values. Although the number of patients was small, an analysis of 80 patients (rightly or wrongly) admitted to a regional infectious diseases unit because of jaundice revealed that features that suggested an acute hepatitis were age of the patient (the …

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Diagnosis, Differential, Liver Function Tests, Humans, Jaundice, Diagnostic Errors

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