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The LiMAx Test measures the liver’s enzyme levels, which can be diminished if there is damage. A specially developed agent for the measurement is administered to the patient, which is then processed in the liver. The decomposition product is then measured on the exhaled air using an innovative, newly developed device (FLIP). “The accuracy of the reading enables therapies to be better adapted to the individual patient,” explains Dr Martin Stockmann of the clinic for general, visceral and transplant surgery at the Campus Virchow Hospital. Diagnosis of liver disease has up to now caused problems in everyday clinical practice because the liver readings from the blood only show a change, but they do not accurately measure liver function. It could therefore happen, for example, that the laboratory readings were normal despite the onset of cirrhosis. The new test catches even these initial symptoms of illness.
This new, non-invasive FLIP/ LiMAx system makes it possible to improve the planning of surgical intervention involving the liver, to predict post-operative liver failure, to indentify cirrhosis of the liver and to monitor liver regeneration. The system is applied in liver surgery including liver transplant, the whole area of hepatology and intensive care.
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