METHOD FOR DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSTICS OF ACUTE VIRAL HEPATITIS AND MECHANICAL JAUNDICE Russian patent published in 2002 - IPC

FIELD: medicine, hepatology. SUBSTANCE: patients' blood is taken for testing, serum is obtained to determine relative fractional content of lysophosphatidylcholine, sphingomyelin and phosphatidylcholine of blood phospholipid spectrum and a coefficient is calculated by the following formula PC²/SM×LPC, where LPC is relative content of lysophosphatidylcholine, SM is relative content of sphingomyelin, PC is relative content of phosphatidylcholine and at its values being 8-18 acute viral hepatitis is diagnosed, 4.5-7.0 mechanical jaundice is established. The method is more simplified. EFFECT: higher quality of diagnostics.