TY - JOUR
T1 - Clinical significance in alcoholic patients of commonly encountered laboratory test results
AU - Magarian, G. J.
AU - Lucas, L. M.
AU - Kumar, K. L.
PY - 1992
Y1 - 1992
N2 - An improved understanding of medical problems of alcoholic patients can be gained from commonly encountered laboratory test results. Liver function tests-such as measures of alkaline phosphatase, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, and lactate dehydrogenase-may provide evidence of altered hepatic activity of different types, such as obstruction and hepatocellular injury. Other test results may indicate impaired hepatic function, such as measurements of albumin, bilirubin, prothrombin time, and blood urea nitrogen. Alterations are also common in electrolytes, blood glucose, magnesium, phosphate, uric acid, and acid-base balance. Disturbances in hematologic function are not infrequent in alcoholic patients, including anemias from many causes, altered granulocyte responses, and thrombocytopenia.
AB - An improved understanding of medical problems of alcoholic patients can be gained from commonly encountered laboratory test results. Liver function tests-such as measures of alkaline phosphatase, γ-glutamyl transpeptidase, aspartate aminotransferase, alanine aminotransferase, and lactate dehydrogenase-may provide evidence of altered hepatic activity of different types, such as obstruction and hepatocellular injury. Other test results may indicate impaired hepatic function, such as measurements of albumin, bilirubin, prothrombin time, and blood urea nitrogen. Alterations are also common in electrolytes, blood glucose, magnesium, phosphate, uric acid, and acid-base balance. Disturbances in hematologic function are not infrequent in alcoholic patients, including anemias from many causes, altered granulocyte responses, and thrombocytopenia.
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M3 - Review article
C2 - 1595246
AN - SCOPUS:0026607410
SN - 0093-0415
VL - 156
SP - 287
EP - 294
JO - Western Journal of Medicine
JF - Western Journal of Medicine
IS - 3
ER -