Of the 319 (19.4%) individuals who received an abnormal LFT, nearly 18% were infected with viral hepatitis. However, the LFT missed 34 (40%) of the 92 cases of viral hepatitis present in the ...

Abnormal liver function tests (LFTs) at hospital admission, especially gamma-glutamyl transferase (GGT) and hypoalbuminemia, were found to be significantly correlated with severe courses of SARS ...

Liver function tests (LFTs) showed gradual improvement once daptomycin was stopped. On discharge, the patient’s vital levels were AST: 67 IU/L, ALT: 170 IU/L, AP: 448 IU/L, and total bilirubin 3 ...

Among patients hospitalized with COVID-19, liver impairment appeared within the first days of admission; virus severity also correlated with abnormality in liver function tests.“In terms of ...

Patients with persistently abnormal liver function tests but no serologic evidence of liver disease may nevertheless have hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection, according to a study published in the ...

Participants with abnormal LFTs at diagnosis had a shorter overall survival compared to those with normal LFTs (hazard ratio [HR] 1.80, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.13 to 2.87; ...

Clinical predictors of abnormal LFT were analyzed using Cox regression. The researchers found that 430 cases, representing 4,190 person-years, had abnormal LFTs (incidence rate, 10.2 per 100 ...

The team also found most of the diagnostic value of LFTs came down to two analytes – alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and alkaline phosphatase (ALP). The authors concluded: ‘Liver disease is rare among ...

Statins can be safely given to patients with moderately abnormal liver function tests according to data from a joint UK and Greek study. It suggests long-term statin therapy reduces the risk of ...

Abnormal liver function tests are a common finding in primary care, but often don't indicate any serious condition. When is it appropriate--and cost effective--to further test for chronic viral ...