Liver Function Tests (LFTs) - What are they?

Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's Medical Podcast

Dr. Mike Todorovic

Physiology, Physiotherapy, Health & Fitness, University, Science, Nursing, Education, Health, Anatomy, Medicine

4.8 • 675 Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2022

⏱️ 60 minutes

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Summary

Liver function tests (LFTs) are a group of blood tests that provide information on the function of a person's liver. This episode Dr Matt & Dr Mike explain what each liver function test represents. This includes bilirubin, albumin, AST, ALT, ALP, and GGT.**This episode is not intended to diagnose. It is for education purposes only. Always consult your healthcare provider if you have issues with your health**

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0:00.0	All right, Matt, I'm going to tell you a joke.
0:03.6	Make it good.
0:04.3	All right, so a man's calling Domino's.
0:06.4	Pizza shop, yeah.
0:07.4	Yeah, okay.
0:08.1	Try not to interrupt when I tell a joke.
0:10.2	He says, can I have a pizza with liver and onions, please?
0:13.4	And the guy on the other end of the phone says, we don't do liver.
0:17.0	And the man perplexed, holds the phone, says to his wife,
0:20.3	I thought you said they do the liver.
0:22.9	And the wife said, I said they do deliver.
0:25.5	And he said, no, not according to this guy.
0:31.3	Classic.
0:32.9	Man, welcome to another episode of us doing a podcast on something.
0:38.3	Welcome everybody to another episode of Dr. Matt and Dr. Mike's medical podcast.
0:44.4	I am your host, Dr. Mike Todorovich, and I'm joined by another host, Dr. Matt Barton.
0:49.6	We together are senior lectures of anatomy and physiology at a university,
0:55.5	an unnamed university out there in the ether.
0:58.5	And, no, Griffith University in Australia.
1:00.5	Queensland.
1:01.1	Queensland specifically.
1:02.3	Matt's Gold Coast.
	...

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