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=Review of liver blood work=
=Review of liver blood work=
===Inflammation activity===
See ''[[Medical_liver_disease#Review_of_liver_blood_work|medical liver disease]]''.
*ALT.
*AST.
 
===Cholestatic markers===
*ALP.
*GGT - used to assess whether the ALP is an "honest" value, elevated in cirrhosis.
 
===Cirrhosis/decompensation===
*PLT - low is suggestive of dysfunction.
*INR - high is bad, unless anticoagulated.
 
===Other===
*Bilirubin.
**Direct (AKA conjugated).
**Indirect (AKA unconjugated).
 
A short DDx of elevated:<ref>{{Ref PCPBoD8|441}}</ref>
*Indirect:
**[[Gilbert syndrome]].
**Crigler-Najjar syndrome type 1.
**Crigler-Najjar syndrome type 2.
*Direct:
**Rotor syndrome.
**Dubin-Johnson syndomre.
 
===Viral hepatitis===
*HBV DNA.
*HCV RNA.
*HBs Ag, HBs Ab, HBe Ag, HBe Ab.
*HCV Ab.
 
Others:
*[[Epstein-Barr virus]] (EBV).
*[[Cytomegalovirus]] (CMV) - especially in the immune incompetent.
 
====Hepatitis B====
Meaning & utility of the various [[Hepatitis B]] tests:<ref>URL: [http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement/hepatology/hepatitis-B/ http://www.clevelandclinicmeded.com/medicalpubs/diseasemanagement/hepatology/hepatitis-B/]. Accessed on: 16 May 2011.</ref><ref name=lto_hepb>URL: [http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/hepatitis_b/test.html http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/hepatitis_b/test.html]. Accessed on: 16 May 2011.</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" border="1"
! Test name
! Location
! Positive test
! Negative test
! Usual question
|-
| HBs Ag||Surface||Virus active||No active infection||Active infection?
|-
| HBs Ab||Surface||Exposed OR vaccinated||No exposure OR no vaccine OR loss of Ab||Immunization status?
|-
| HBe Ag||Virus core||Infect. w/ viral replication||No active infection||Active infect. w/ viral replication?
|-
| HBe Ab||Virus core||Exposed to virus||Infect. w/o antibody response OR not exposed||Immune response to infection?
|-
| HBV DNA||-||Active||Not active/no exposure||Viral load/how active?
|-
| HBc Ab||Virus core||Virus active/previous exposure||No exposure||Early active infection?
|}
Notes:
*''HBc Ab'' may test for acute (IgM) or chronic infection - dependent on specific antibody test; it is often used to look for early infection.<ref name=lto_hepb>URL: [http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/hepatitis_b/test.html http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/hepatitis_b/test.html]. Accessed on: 16 May 2011.</ref>
*''Carriers of hepatitis B'': HBs Ag +ve, HBs Ab -ve, HBc Ag -ve, HBc Ab +ve, HBe Ag -ve, HBe Ab +ve.<ref>URL: [http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/hepatitis-b/tab/test http://labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/hepatitis-b/tab/test]. Accessed on: 3 May 2012.</ref>
 
===Markers for rare liver diseases===
*Ceruloplasm - low think ''[[Wilson's disease]]''; typical value for Wilson's ~ 0.12 g/L.
**<0.20 g/L is a criteria for Wilson's disease.<ref name=pmid18556333>Diagnostic accuracy of serum ceruloplasmin in Wilson disease: determination of sensitivity and specificity by ROC curve analysis among ATP7B-genotyped subjects. Mak CM, Lam CW, Tam S. Clin Chem. 2008 Aug;54(8):1356-62. Epub 2008 Jun 12. PMID 18556333. URL: [http://www.clinchem.org/cgi/reprint/54/8/1356.pdf http://www.clinchem.org/cgi/reprint/54/8/1356.pdf]. Accessed on: 28 September 2009.</ref>
*Alpha-1 antitrypsin - if low think ''deficiency''.
 
===Hemosiderosis===
*Ferritin - high.
*Iron saturation - high.
 
Causes:
*Hemochromatosis.
*Hemolysis, chronic.
*Cirrhosis.
 
=Medical imaging=
Blood flow:<ref>URL: [http://insidesurgery.com/2010/12/hepatopedal-hepatofugal-flow/ http://insidesurgery.com/2010/12/hepatopedal-hepatofugal-flow/]. Accessed on: 2 December 2011.</ref>
*Hepatopedal flow = normal portal vein flow.
*Hepatofugal flow = reversed portal vein flow.
 
==Interventional measurements==
Wedged to free hepatic venous pressure:<ref name=pmid1864548>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Bion | first1 = E. | last2 = Brenard | first2 = R. | last3 = Pariente | first3 = EA. | last4 = Lebrec | first4 = D. | last5 = Degott | first5 = C. | last6 = Maitre | first6 = F. | last7 = Benhamou | first7 = JP. | title = Sinusoidal portal hypertension in hepatic amyloidosis. | journal = Gut | volume = 32 | issue = 2 | pages = 227-30 | month = Feb | year = 1991 | doi =  | PMID = 1864548 | PMC = 1378815 | URL = http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1378815/?tool=pubmed }}</ref>
*Normal = 1-4 mmHg.
**Elevated in [[portal hypertension]].


=Normal liver=  
=Normal liver=  
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