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Antonia  +  92082 Thu, 21 Apr 05 07:53 AM
Hi,
Can you tell me what is the meaning of this abbreviation?
Thanks
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abbie1948, 4 yr 215 days ago
Depends upon context. Could be Liver function test or lung function test
Antonia  +  92329 Fri, 22 Apr 05 07:32 AM
Thanks, abbie; The victim is found, unconscious, so they are running all sorst of tests: blood gasses, toxic screen, LFT, CBC, chem 27...
BTW, what is chem 27? I read that it is test that measeures basic electrolites in blood, but why 27?
abbie1948  +  92385 Fri, 22 Apr 05 11:25 AM
Hi Antonia,

"Chem 27" is an Am. medical term. They seem to have 2 biochem. blood tests, a Chem 7 (measuring 7 values) and a Chem 20 (measuring 20 values). I can only assume that Chem 27 is a combination of the two, giving a very thorough chemical analysis. ((Do you want to know what's measured?)


CBC is a Complete Blood Count, measuring

* number of red blood cells
* number of white blood cells
* total amount of hemoglobin
* fraction of the blood composed of red blood cells
* mean corpuscular volume ( size of the red blood cells )

AS your victim is unconcious, LFT will be Liver Function Test
Antonia, 4 yr 214 days ago
No, thank you, it's enough. I'm fine with this
Anonymous, 3 yr 253 days ago

Dear Sir,

I have been adviced Dr for LFT test because of the reason that  I do not have the proper digestion. Can you correlate clinically the relationship of Digestion with LFT?

Thank u

Sanjay

Anonymous, 3 yr 161 days ago
LFT stands for (Liver Function Test)
Anonymous, 3 yr 95 days ago

Antonia,

  In Australia the abbreviation is used for Liver Function Tests

Maureen

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