Acute Liver Failure

Question 1

causes?

Answer 1

viral hepatitis, alcohol, paracetamol overdose, acute fatty liver of pregnancy

Question 2

features of acute liver failure?

Answer 2

jaundice, coagulopathy: raised prothrombin time, hypoalbuminaemia, hepatic encephalopathy, renal failure

Question 3

how to best assess liver function?

Answer 3

prothrombin time and albumin level

Question 4

drugs that cause a hepatocellular picture?

Answer 4

MATH PASSMAN
MAOi, anti tuberculosis, halothane
paracetamol phenytoin, alcohol, statins, sodium valproate, methyldopa amiodarone nitrofurantoin

Question 5

liver cirrhosis causing drugs?

Answer 5

methotrexate, amiodarone, methyldopa

Question 6

drugs causing cholestasis?

Answer 6

antibiotics, anabolic steroids, combined oral contraceptive pill, phenothiazines, sulphonylureas, fibrates, nifedipine