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ReviewCureus2024

Approach to Abnormal Liver Biochemistries in the Primary Care Setting.

Rajesh R, Aditya Sangameshwar, Yi Yuan Tan, Kevin Teh Kim Jun, Tat Yean Tham, Mark Cheah Chang Chuen

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Review in Cureus, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Rajesh RGastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, SGP.
Aditya SangameshwarFamily Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore, SGP.
Yi Yuan TanGastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, SGP.
Kevin Teh Kim JunGastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, SGP.
Tat Yean ThamFamily Medicine, Frontier Healthcare, Singapore, SGP.
Mark Cheah Chang ChuenGastroenterology and Hepatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, SGP.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Liver biochemistries are commonly ordered in the primary care setting, and they may return abnormal even in an asymptomatic patient. Primary care physicians need to have a systematic way of interpreting any derangement in these tests so that further investigations, referrals, and management can be arranged appropriately. This review dwells into patterns of liver biochemistry derangement, common aetiologies to consider, history and examinations that are required, initial investigations to order, and when to refer urgently to the emergency department.

Indexed as

approach to lftgastroenterologyhepatologyliverliver biochemistryliver function testprimary care

Identifiers

PMID38646392
PMCPMC11026984

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