M1) Hepatology Intro Flashcards
What can abnormal liver results indicate in terms of different illnesses? Also when would these present (acute, subacute, CHRONIC)
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How to assess liver function?
What liver tests blood can you do
— try and do full names
What could abnormal results of these indicate?
Raised AST and ALT means?
Bilirubin and ALP?
How would hepatitic and cholestatic present on bloods
Hepatitis? Autoimmune hepatitis?
Wilsons? Genetic haemachromatosis?
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Raised hepatitis A IgM means? Raised AMA? Raised ANA, SMA LKM? Raised Cu, caeruloplasmin? Ferritin?
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What are some hepatitic pathologies
What about cholestatic
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What is the main feature of cirrhosis
What can help with prognostics
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What happens in acute liver failure, symptomatic features
Commonest cause?
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Paracetamol overdose
How does it present and what symptoms occur.
What can be given to help and what is the time frame for this.
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Cirrhosis
Symptomatic features. What occurs
Staging? What changes generally as it increases
Compensated, varies, decompensated, variceal hemorrhage
Cirrhosis ascites management??
Restrict salt and fluids and give diuretics. LVP.
Trans jugular intrahepatic shunt. Liver transplant? Drains if palliative
Variceal bleed
How to manage
What to give therapy wise
What else can be done
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Hepatorenal syndrome - what is this and why does this occur
Definition of it
What types
How to treat
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Hepatic encephalopathy
What is elevated. How to treat, what are the underlying causes.
What can be given
What Abx can be given
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Severe alcoholic hepatitis
What is this characterised by? What can he give to treat
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Hepatitis C risk factors
What are some factors what are associated with progressing the disease
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