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Wheeless' Textbook of Orthopaedics

Liver Function Analysis


- Liver Panel: - Alkaline Phosphatase - GGT - AST/ALT - LDH - Liver Failure: - Add the Following: - Thiamine - Vitamin K - D/C medications that are metabolized by the liver: - ativan, oxazepam, and most other sedatives; - cipro (flouroquinolones) - lidocaine (local anesthetic) - tylenol - theophylline - propanolol; - cimetidine (if necessary use zantac) - Pts who are oliguric, are in renal failure, have severe or chronic liver disease, plus children should probably be treated initially w/ antacids or carafate rather than H2 blockers;



Original Text by Clifford R. Wheeless, III, MD.