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18 The measurement of serum bile acid concentrations, preprandially and postprandially, is the most reliable, readily available, and sensitive test of hepatic function in nonicteric cats.5, 14 That being said, although increases in bile acids are accurate indicators of hepatic insufficiency, the levels cannot be used to assess severity of disease or the type of dysfunction
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In some cases, patients need prescription anti-emetics and intravenous fluids to maintain hydration
[ 18 F] FDG-PET provides relatively high-resolution maps of glucose uptake, but it requires the use of a radioactive agent and it is incapable of providing mitochondrial oxidative metabolic information, due to it only measuring the 18 FDG uptake in the cytosol
Both of them are necessary, and in most cases, neither one is sufficient