Dr. Sterling and colleagues undertook a prospective pilot study of liver histology in HIV-positive patients with abnormal liver function tests (>1.25 upper limit of normal in aspartate ...

Rather than the liver itself driving poorer outcomes in COVID-19 patients, the organ is more likely "a bystander" affected by the hyperinflammation associated with COVID-19 and by the side effects ...

Researchers at the Yale Liver Center found that patients with COVID-19 presented with abnormal liver tests at much higher rates than suggested by earlier studies.They also discovered that higher ...

Routine blood counts and a reticulocyte count were normal and urinalysis negative. Liver-function studies are shown in Tables 1 and 2.The results of electrophoresis of serum are presented in Table ...

Researchers found that patients with COVID-19 presented with abnormal liver tests at much higher rates than suggested by earlier studies. They also discovered that higher levels of liver enzymes ...

A strong association is seen between abnormal liver tests and the severity of the COVID-19 cases. The association is regardless of whether patients came to the hospital with existing liver ...

Deciphering elevated liver enzymes is a common challenge in clinical practice. A rational approach for the appropriate evaluation of serum liver chemistries is essential for providing high-quality ...

Before the advent of insulin enlargement of the liver, which was presumably due to fat, commonly occurred in untreated diabetic animals 16–18 and in patients 20–22 whose diabetes was not ...

The prevalence of a single abnormal liver test was 3.3% for AST, 9.2% for ALP, and 5.4% for bilirubin. Abnormal AST was also associated with a sevenfold increased risk of death from liver disease.