Functional Tests of the Liver; A Clinical Review
Authors: George B. Eusterman
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1927)

Article1 August 1927Functional Tests of the Liver; A Clinical ReviewGEORGE B. EUSTERMAN, M.D.GEORGE B. EUSTERMAN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-1-2-53 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptProgress in our knowledge of the function and diseases of the liver has unfortunately been slow. With few exceptions it is only in recent years that intensive, coördinated effort on the part of the clinician, surgeon and research worker has begun to yield results of practical value. At long intervals in the past important contributions have been made by the anatomist, pathologist and physiologist, laying the foundation for some of our present conceptions and advances, but the sum total of indubitable facts has not been sufficient to make their application to the solution of our daily problems practicable. Cirrhotic changes...Bibliography(1) ASCHOFF L: Lectures on Pathology. New York, Paul B. Hoeber, 1924, 365 pp. Google Scholar(2) BENDA R: Das Reticulo-endotheliale System in der Schwangerschaft: Eine experimentell-klinische Studie. Berlin, Urban and Schwarzenberg, 1927, 75 pp. Google Scholar(3) COUNSELLERMCINDOE VSAH: Dilatation of the bile ducts (hydrohepatosis). Surg., Gynec., and Obst., 1926, xliii, 729-740. Google Scholar(4) EUSTERMAN GB: Carcinoma of the pancreas: a clinical study of 138 cases. Tr. Am. Gastro-enterol. Assn., 1922, 126-137. Google Scholar(5) EUSTERMAN GB: Unfamiliar aspects of hematemesis and melena. Med. Clin. N. Amer., 1926, x, 485-498. Google Scholar(6) GIFFIN HZ: Hemolytic jaundice: a review of seventeen cases. Surg., Gynec, and Obst., 1917, xxv, 152-161. Google Scholar(7) GREENESNELLWALTERS CHAMW: Diseases of the liver. I. A survey of tests for hepatic function. Arch. Int. Med., 1925, xxxvi, 248-272. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(8) GREENECONNER CHHM: Diseases of the liver. V. A comparative study of tests for hepatic function in certain diseases of the hematopoietic system. Arch. Int. Med., 1926, xxxviii, 167-185. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(9) KING EL: Liver function tests in the toxemias of pregnancy. Am. Jour. Obst., 1926, xii, 577-585. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(10) LAIRDBRUGHWILKERSON WRBFWV: Liver function studies and their clinical correlations. Ann. Surg., 1926, lxxxiv, 703-713. Google Scholar(11) MACCALLUM WG: A text-book of pathology. Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Company, Ed. 3, 1924, p. 319. Google Scholar(12) MAYO WJ: The liver and its cirrhoses. Jour. Am. Med. Assn., 1918, lxx, 1361-1364. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(13) MCNEE JW: Discussion on jaundice. Brit. Med. Jour., 1924, ii, 495-498. Google Scholar(14) MCVICARWEIR CSJF: Dissociated jaundice. Med. Clin. N. Amer., 1926, x, 499-508. Google Scholar(15) NAUJOKS H: Leberfunktionsprüfung mit Tetrachlorphenolphthalein bei Schwangerschaftstoxikosen. Zentralbl. f. Gynäk., 1925, xlix, 2755-2758. Google Scholar(16) RAY HM: Present status of liver function tests. Ann. Clin. Med., 1926-1927, v, 176-184. Google Scholar(17) ROWNTREE LG: Some contributions to our knowledge of diseases of kidney and liver. Part II. Can. Med. Assn. Jour., 1926, xvi, 1437-1442. Google Scholar(18) ROWNTREEGREENEALDRICH LGCHM: Quantitative Pettenkofer values in blood with special reference to hepatic disease, a preliminary report. Jour. Clin. Invest. (In press.) Google Scholar(19) ROWNTREEHURWITZBLOOMFIELD LGSHAL: An experimental and clinical study of the value of phenoltetrachlorphthalein as a test for hepatic function. Bull. Johns Hopkins Hosp., 1913, xxiv, 327-342. Google Scholar(20) SCHNEIDER JP: The clinical application of the newer knowledge of the biliary function. Minnesota Med., 1926, ix, 631-645. Google Scholar(21) WALLACEDIAMOND GBJS: Significance of urobilinogen in the urine as a test for liver function, with a description of a simple quantitative method for its estimation. Arch. Int. Med., 1925, xxxv, 698-725. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(22) WALTERSMAYO WWJ: Abnormal function of the liver. Jour. Am. Med. Assn., 1925, lxxxv, 883-886. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Division of Medicine Mayo Clinic Rochester, Minnesota*Read before the Eleventh Annual Clinical Session of the American College of Physicians, Cleveland, Ohio, February 23, 1927. Nextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 August 1927Volume 1, Issue 2Page: 53-62KeywordsLiverLiver diseasesPathologistsSurgeons ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 August 1927 PDF downloadLoading ...