Liver function tests. Liver function tests (LFTs or LFs) are groups of blood tests that give information about the state of a patient's liver.[1] These tests include prothrombin time (PT/INR), aPTT, albumin, bilirubin (direct and indirect), and others.
This is unusual since influenza is normally most deadly to the very young (under age 2) and the very old (over age 70). The total mortality of the 1918â1919 pandemic is not known, but it is estimated that 2.5% to 5% of the world's population was killed.
Originally known in the media as âSwine Flu,â the Novel influenza A is a new flu virus of swine origin that was first detected in April 2009. The virus infects people and is spreading; as of June 3, 2009 there have been 11, 054 cases and 17 deaths across the United States, District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico.