1 History presents an historian with the task of producing a dialogue between the past and the present. 2  But as these temporal co-ordinates cannot be fixed, history becomes a continuous interaction between the historian and the past.
A routine blood test usually only test for some general features, like potassium, sodium, creatinine, urea, C-reactive protein and a few other. It does often make a blood count of both red blood cells and white blood cells too. In that way it can detect leukemia.
Liver function tests (LFTs or LFs) are groups of blood tests that give information about the state of a patient's liver.These tests include prothrombin time (PT/INR), aPTT, albumin, bilirubin (direct and indirect), and others.Liver transaminases (AST or SGOT and ALT or SGPT) are useful biomarkers of liver injury in a patient with some degree of intact liver function.ncreased total bilirubin (TBIL) causes jaundice, and can indicate a number of problems: 1  1. Prehepatic: Increased bilirubin production can be due to a number of causes, including hemolytic anemias and internal hemorrhage. 2  2. 3  3. Posthepatic: Obstruction of the bile ducts is reflected as deficiencies in bilirubin excretion.