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Ep 148 Liver Emergencies: Acute Liver Failure, Hepatic Encephalopathy, Hepatorenal Syndrome, Liver Test Interpretation & Drugs to Avoid

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How to Interpret Liver Enzymes and Liver Function Tests

Dr. Himmel: Albumins are lovely tests of liver function, INR is a lovely test of liver function and bilirubum is a lovelytest of liver metabolism. Now let's talk about the enzymes and this is subtle. These enzymes are located in all organs, so AST and ALT in alkaline phosphatase enzymes we always talk about. So what's the pattern? In pure liver disease you're going to have elevated AST and elevated ALT.

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