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003436. [ edit on Wikidata] Liver function tests ( LFTs or LFs ), also referred to as a hepatic panel, are groups of blood tests that provide information about the state of a patient's liver. [ 1] These tests include prothrombin time (PT/INR), activated partial thromboplastin time (aPTT), albumin, bilirubin (direct and indirect), and others.
Methemoglobinemia, or methaemoglobinaemia, is a condition of elevated methemoglobin in the blood. [ 2] Symptoms may include headache, dizziness, shortness of breath, nausea, poor muscle coordination, and blue-colored skin (cyanosis). [ 2] Complications may include seizures and heart arrhythmias. [ 3][ 4]
Slowly evolving immune-mediated diabetes, or latent autoimmune diabetes in adults ( LADA ), is a form of diabetes that exhibits clinical features similar to both type 1 diabetes (T1D) and type 2 diabetes (T2D), [ 3][ 4] and is sometimes referred to as type 1.5 diabetes. [ 5] It is an autoimmune form of diabetes, similar to T1D, but patients ...
Specialty. Hematology. In medicine ( hematology ), bleeding diathesis is an unusual susceptibility to bleed ( hemorrhage) mostly due to hypocoagulability (a condition of irregular and slow blood clotting), in turn caused by a coagulopathy (a defect in the system of coagulation ). Therefore, this may result in the reduction of platelets being ...
U.S. News & World Report ranked the Mayo Clinic Diet as 3.42 out of 5 for long-term weight loss. The program also has majority four- and five-star (out of five stars) reviews on Trustpilot.com.
No snacking beside fruits and vegetables. Not too much meat or full-fat dairy. No drinking alcohol. No eating in front of the TV. No eating out. On the other hand, some healthy habits they want ...
The partial thromboplastin time ( PTT ), also known as the activated partial thromboplastin time ( aPTT or APTT ), is a blood test that characterizes coagulation of the blood. A historical name for this measure is the kaolin-cephalin clotting time ( KCCT ), [ 1] reflecting kaolin and cephalin as materials historically used in the test.
The study — which appeared in BMC Nutrition & Metabolism — found that increasing dried fruit intake by about 1.3 pieces daily may lower the risk of type 2 diabetes by up to 60.8%. Dried fruits ...