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What Are The Tests Screen-8 And LFT For As My Liver Is Enlarged And Have High Bilirubin And Are Advised To Perform These Tests?

I was dx w/mono on 12/3/13. Liver very enlarged and Bilirubin went up to 24 in 10 days. Ammonia 138 by 7th day. I was transfered to Einstein Hospital in Philadelphia from Delaware. They performed a liver bx and determined the herbal supplement Black Cohosh and St John's wort was taxing my liver and then the mono put it over the edge. My ammonia level is down to normal and Bilirubin 14. I was discharged from Einstien on Wed.
The following blood work is being drawn tomorrow-Screen-8 and LFTs along with INR. I know what INR is. Please tell me what these tests are looking for. I am an RN and will understand more than the average person.
Thank you
Thu, 19 Dec 2013
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Screen 8 lab test is biochemical test of your blood. It includes sodium, potassium, chloride, bicarbonate, BUN, creatinine, calcium and glucose.It is a frequently ordered panel of 8 tests that gives important information about the current status of a person's kidneys, blood glucose level, and electrolyte and acid/base balance.
Liver function tests (LFTs), are groups of clinical biochemistry assays designed to give information about the state of a patient's liver. The parameters measured include Prothrombin time (PT/INR), aPTT, albumin, bilirubin (direct and indirect) and others. Liver transaminases (AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT)) are useful biomarkers of liver injury in a patient with some degree of intact liver function.
Hope this will help!Take care!
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What Are The Tests Screen-8 And LFT For As My Liver Is Enlarged And Have High Bilirubin And Are Advised To Perform These Tests?

Hi! Welcome to HCM! Screen 8 lab test is biochemical test of your blood. It includes sodium, potassium, chloride, bicarbonate, BUN, creatinine, calcium and glucose.It is a frequently ordered panel of 8 tests that gives important information about the current status of a person s kidneys, blood glucose level, and electrolyte and acid/base balance. Liver function tests (LFTs), are groups of clinical biochemistry assays designed to give information about the state of a patient s liver. The parameters measured include Prothrombin time (PT/INR), aPTT, albumin, bilirubin (direct and indirect) and others. Liver transaminases (AST (SGOT) and ALT (SGPT)) are useful biomarkers of liver injury in a patient with some degree of intact liver function. Hope this will help!Take care!