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Table 4 Detailed blood/serum/plasma work-up

From: A rapid, non-invasive, clinical surveillance for CachExia, sarcopenia, portal hypertension, and hepatocellular carcinoma in end-stage liver disease: the ACCESS-ESLD study protocol

Blood/Serum/Plasma markers

Complete blood count

 • Hemoglobin, hematocrit, mean corpuscular value, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration, platelets, white blood cells.

Liver tests

 • Albumin, bilirubin, ALT, AST, ALP, γGT, PT (INR), ammonia, high sensitive C-reactive protein

Iron studies

 • Iron, transferrin saturation, total iron binding capacity, ferritin

Minor kidney function panel

 • Sodium (Na), potassium (K), creatinine

Metabolic tests

 • Cholesterol, triglycerides, LDL, HDL. fasting glucose, insulin, apolipoprotein AI and B

Direct alcohol marker

 • Phosphatidylethanol

  1. Abbreviations: ALP alkaline phosphatase, ALT alanine aminotransferase, ANA antinuclear antibody, AST aspartate aminotransferase, γGT gamma-glutamyl transferase, INR international normalized ratio, PT prothrombin time
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BMC Gastroenterology

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