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A follow-up study was conducted with 50 healthy parous volunteer women in India to ascertain the effect of a long-acting progestogen contraceptive on serum enzymes and hepatic function. The women received an intramuscular injection of a long-acting contraceptive, DMPA (depo-medroxyprogesterone acetate), in a dose of 150 mg every 3 months for 2 years. Women with a past history of jaundice, diabetes, hypertension, or eclampsia were excluded from the study. The activity of SGOT, SGPT, and AP (alkaline phosphatase) did not show any change during the longterm treatment. This result would indicate normal hepatic function and the absence of any damage or injury to the liver cells. Activity of serum ACP (acid phosphatase) and AChE (acetylcholinesterase) in red cells did show significant increase, which continued up to the end of the study. Results of the study indicate that DMPA is a suitable contraceptive for use in India, particularly since it does not cause the common side effects associated with oral contraceptives and does not affect liver function.
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PMID:Effect of medroxyprogesterone acetate contraception on human serum enzymes. 611 6

Sixty-seven cases of eclampsia were managed between August 1977 and July 1980. Routinely acquired laboratory tests of these cases have been analyzed. In addition, the group of patients with eclampsia was compared with a group of 24 healthy pregnant women. There was no significant difference in platelet count, serum fibrinogen, and bilirubin values. The activated partial thromboplastin time was abnormal in 42% of patients with eclampsia. There was no clinical evidence of disseminated intravascular coagulation in any patient. Patients with eclampsia had abnormalities of lactic dehydrogenase, alkaline phosphatase, SGOT, uric acid, BUN, and creatinine. However, in any individual patients there was no single test of great clinical usefulness and no test predictive of maternal or fetal outcome. At present the authors recommend complete blood count (including blood smear and platelet count), clot observation, and serum creatinine tests. Liver function tests are reserved for the patient with upper abdominal pain. Additional tests are recommended if the diagnosis of eclampsia is questionable or if an additional disease process is suspected.
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PMID:Eclampsia II. Clinical significance of laboratory findings. 707 59

The aim of this work was to determine the levels of urinary human tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase (hTNAP) in pre-eclampsia and eclampsia in order to assess renal tubular damage. Urine samples were collected from 26 mild pre-eclamptic, 26 were pre-eclamptic, 20 eclamptic patients and 20 healthy pregnant women (controls) in their late third trimester. Urinary hTNAP/creatinine (hTNAP/cr) in severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia were significantly higher than in controls. Urinary hTNAP/cr was increased in 23%, 77% and 90% of cases of mild pre-eclampsia, severe pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, respectively, indicating that the increase correlates with the severity of the disease. Marked elevation or urinary hTNAP/cr was also associated with bad fetal outcome. These results provide additional evidence for renal tubular damage in pre-eclampsia and eclampsia.
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PMID:Clinical significance of urinary human tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase (hTNAP) in pre-eclampsia and eclampsia. 924 74

The physiological changes in liver function in pregnancy are commonly transient, rarely permanent. Disorders arising in pregnancy, such as pre-eclampsia and eclampsia, acute fatty liver of pregnancy (AFLP), haemolysis, elevated liver enzyme and low platelets (HELLP) syndrome, cholestasis, hyperemesis gravidarum and isolated cases of raised liver enzymes can have serious implications. Proper interpretation of liver function tests (LFTs) at an early stage can lead to timely management and may reduce complications in both mother and fetus. Normal LFTs do not always mean that the liver is normal. A number of pitfalls can be encountered in the interpretation of basic blood LFTs. The commonly used LFTs primarily assess liver injury rather than hepatic function. Abnormal LFTs may indicate that something is wrong with the liver, and they can provide clues to the nature of the problem but this is not always the case. The various biochemical tests, their pathophysiology, and an approach to the interpretation of abnormal LFTs are discussed in this review. Commonly available tests include alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase, alkaline phosphatase, bile acid, serum bilirubin, serum albumin and prothrombin time.
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PMID:Liver function test and pregnancy. 1933 Jul 14