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Liver disease — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D008107 Liver disease is a broad term describing any number of diseases affecting the liver. Many are… … Wikipedia
liver function test — see specific tests, such as aminopyrine breath t., fructose tolerance t., galactose breath t., lipase t., methacetin breath t., monoethylglycinexylidide t., rose bengal t., and sulfobromophthalein excretion t. Increased levels of alanine… … Medical dictionary
breath — 1. The respired air. 2. An inspiration. [A.S. braeth] liver b. SYN: fetor hepaticus. uremic b. characteristic odor of the b. in patients with chronic renal failure, variously described as “fishy,” “ammoniacal,” and “fetid,” which is indicative of … Medical dictionary
Model for End-Stage Liver Disease — The Model for End Stage Liver Disease, or MELD, is a scoring system for assessing the severity of chronic liver disease. It was initially developed to predict death within three months of surgery in patients who had undergone a transjugular… … Wikipedia
aminopyrine breath test — (for liver function) a breath test in which the patient is given a dose of 14C labeled aminopyrine and at 15 minute intervals for two hours the amount of 14C labeled carbon dioxide in the patient s breath is measured. Excessively low levels of… … Medical dictionary
caffeine breath test — (for liver function) a breath test in which the patient is given a dose of caffeine labeled with carbon 13; excessively low levels of labeled carbon dioxide in the patient s breath indicate inadequate metabolism of it by the liver, as in patients … Medical dictionary
galactose breath test — (for liver function) a breath test in which the fasting subject is given a dose of galactose labeled with carbon 13 and levels of labeled carbon dioxide in the breath are measured at specific time intervals. Low levels of carbon dioxide indicate… … Medical dictionary
methacetin breath test — (for liver function) a breath test in which the fasting patient is administered a dose of methacetin labeled with carbon 13 and breath levels of carbon dioxide are measured at regular intervals; low levels of carbon dioxide indicate liver… … Medical dictionary
