Serum albumin, pseudocholine-sterase, and transaminases in the assessment of liver function before and after venous shunt operations.
This paper records biochemical and follow-up observations on 153 patients with cirrhosis who have had a shunt operation. The experience confirms that no shunt operation should be undertaken on a patient whose serum albumin level is less than 3.2g.%. Low pseudocholinesterase levels are of help diagnostically but the main value of this test is in indicating whether or not liver function will deteriorate after a shunt operation in any given patient.
D002802:Cholinesterases / Q000097:blood*; D006801:Humans; D008103:Liver Cirrhosis; D008111:Liver Function Tests; D011167:Portacaval Shunt, Surgical; D012709:Serum Albumin; D000637:Transaminases / Q000097:blood*
D012709:Serum Albumin; D000637:Transaminases; D002802:Cholinesterases
CHOLINESTERASE/blood; PORTACAVAL ANASTOMOSIS; SERUM ALBUMIN; TRANSAMINASES/blood