James talks to Dr Ken Liu about the assessment of abnormal liver function tests (LFTs).
Summary Writer: George McClintock
Editor: James Edwards
Interviewee: Ken Liu
Dr Ken Liu is currently the liver transplant fellow at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Ken completed his internship, residency and Basic Physician Training at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He also completed 2 years of advanced training in Gastroenterology at Concord Hospital.
With Dr Ken Liu, Liver Transplant Fellow at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, New South Wales, Australia
Junior doctors commonly order LFTs and are often the first to interpret them. It is important that JMOs have a sensible approach to interpreting them when they are abnormal.
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