title: Monitoring hepatic function.
abstract: Hepatic function can be monitored using exogenous (e.g., sulfobromophthalein, indocyanine green, antipyrine, aminopyrine, galactose) and endogenous substances (e.g., bile acids, PT/PTT, albumin, ammonia, bilirubin). Test of hepatic necrosis include aspartate aminotransferase, and alanine aminotransferase. The hepatobiliary system can be assessed using alkaline phosphatase, 5'-nucleotidase, gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase, ultrasound, and iminodiacetic acid scans.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anesthesiology, Bowman Gray School of Medicine of Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Zaloga
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Prough
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D008099:Liver / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008107:Liver Diseases / Q000503:physiopathology; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic; D009336:Necrosis / Q000175:diagnosis