A "liver function test" actually does not measure the functionality of liver. The term is actually a misnomer as abnormal values of those parameters may indicate some other disease unrelated to the liver. On the other hand, the values may lie within the normal range for someone suffering from an advanced liver disease. Therefore, a proper clinical and symptomatic correlation is needed for the interpretation of those tests.
A clinical judgment on the values obtained in liver function test might lead to poor prognosis. The article will describe some biochemical tests for detecting injury to liver cells. "Liver Function test" is actually an umbrella term that includes an array of biochemical tests done with the blood samples from the patient. The most common tests performed clinical practice to assign "Liver function" include Serum aminotransferases, Bilirubin Alkaline phosphatase Albumin…
