The music is heavily influenced by a melting pot of nationalities due to the heavy immigration of the time. Throughout the period, immigrants arrived from Europe, Ireland, The United Kingdom, Germany, Spain, and Italy and, mixing with the Spanish, Mexican, Native American influenced the genre.
MELD Score. Doctors use a calculation called the MELD score to assess the severity of liver failure, usually caused by cirrhosis. The MELD score is calculated from the results of 3 blood tests: PT/INR, bilirubin and creatinine, which is a measure of kidney function.
Liver Function Tests (LFTs) or Liver Enzymes. Now that you have Hepatitis C, your liver may not work as well. Liver function tests are a group of blood tests that detect inflammation and damage to the liver. They are used to detect, evaluate, and monitor liver disease and damage.