Laboratory tests - liver screen
When to send it
- The panel sent when LFTs are persistently abnormal and the cause is not obvious
- *Order it AFTER the history* - alcohol quantified, every drug/supplement/herbal, metabolic risk, travel, transfusion, tattoos, IVDU, family history
- Always paired with an ultrasound
- Repeat borderline LFTs first - ~30% normalise
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