Gastroenterology

Question 1

In a 55 year old male alcoholic who is otherwise well, you would expect in his LFTs

Answer 1

• Mildly elevated ALP
• High GGT

Question 2

In a 38 year old male with chronic hep C, active disease, no jaundice you would expect his LFTs to show

Answer 2

• Mildly elevated AST and ALT

Question 3

In a 22 year old male from Laos who has experienced 2 months of fatigue, pruritis, jaundice, icterus, pale stools and discoloured urine you would expect his LFTs to show

Answer 3

• Very high conjugated bilirubin
• Mildly elevated AST and ALT
• Very high ALP and GGT