Is alanine aminotransferase helpful to identify hepatic injury in a pediatric trauma patient?
Date First Published:
June 21, 2011
Last Updated:
June 23, 2011
Report by:
Yi-Chia Lee, Chief Resident of emergency department (National Taiwan University Hospital)
Search checked by:
Ming-Ju Hsieh, National Taiwan University Hospital
Three-Part Question:
In [a pediatric trauma patient] does [alanine aminotransferase level] assist in [the diagnosis of hepatic injury]?