Background: Liver function tests (LFTs ... level (greater than twice the upper limit of normal) on the initial ALT test had high predictive value, but was insensitive, missing half the cases ...

The Liver Function Test (LFT) is used to evaluate the health of a person’s liver, and to detect liver disease. In other words ...

Thirteen of the 1,236 patients where the test result ... predictive value (1.91%). The more selective strategy of testing if the index ALT was over twice the upper limit of normal (C) has a ...

After they stopped taking the medication, the patient’s symptoms gradually went away and their liver values returned to normal ... patients should have blood tests for liver markers every ...