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Define jaundice

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Yellow discoloration of the skin due to retention of bilirubin

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Defice icterus

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Yellow discoloration of the sclera due to retention of billirubin

*earliest sign of jaundice

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Define cholestasis

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Impaired secretion of bile

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What cells are responsible for taking RBCs out of circulation to break them down? Then what happens?

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Reticuloendothelial cells (macrophages)

Many located in spleen

Break down hemoglobin into: heme + globin

Globin = protein, so broken down to amino acids

Heme = broken down into Fe and protoporphyrin

Fe = recycled

Protoporphyrin is converted to unconjugated bilirubin

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What protein transports bilirubin to the liver?

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Albumin

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What gets conjugated to bilirubin in the liver?

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Glucuronic Acid

*makes CONJUGATED BILIRUBIN

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What enzyme is responsible for conjugating bilirubin?

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UDP-glucuronyl-transferase

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Is unconjugated bilirubin able to be excreted in the urine?

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NO!!!! it is water INSOLBULE so it cannot get excreted

It is bound to albumin
Toxic to tissues

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How is conjugated bilirubin excreted? Is it soluble?

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It is SOLUBLE
-Conjugated in hepatocytes

  • Canicular transport protein transfers it to bile caniculi
  • Goes into bile ducts, and released into duodenum
  • Intestinal flora convert it to urobilinogen
  • 80% is excreted in feces = WHY YOUR POOP IS BROWN!!
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How much total serum bilirubin is needed to produce jaundice?

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2-3 mg/dL

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Which form of bilirubin is toxic to tissues?

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Unconjugated bilirubin

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Potential causes of unconjugated hyperbilirubinemia?

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  • Extravascular hemolysis
  • Jaundice of newborn
  • Gilbert Syndrome
  • Crigler-Najjar Syndrome
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Potential causes of conjugated hyperbilirubinemia?

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  • Dubin-Johnson Syndrome

- Obstructive jaundice

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What would cause an increase in BOTH conjugated and unconjugated bilirubin?

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Viral hepatitis!

Inflammation disrupts hepatocytes and small bile ductules

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Why do newborns sometimes get jaundice?

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Newborn liver has transiently low UGT activity

Leads to high unconjugated bilirubin

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What is a severe complication of jaundice in a neonate?

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UCB is fat soluble and can deposit in the basal ganglia = KERNICTERUS

Leads to neurological damage and death

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What is treatment for neonatal jaundice?

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Phototherapy

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Does phototherapy conjugate bilirubin???

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NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It transforms unconjugated bilirubin to a water soluble form so it can be excreted in the urine….. BUT IT DOES NOT CONJUGATE IT!

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What is Gilbert’s Syndrome?

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Mildly low UGT activity

Leads to increased unconjugated bilirubin (

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What is Crigler-Najjar Syndrome?

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ABSENCE of UGT in fetus

Leads to increased unconjugated bilirubin

Kernicterus = usually fatal

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What is Dubin-Johnson Syndrome?

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Deficiency of bilirubin canalicular transport protein

Increased CONJUGATED bilirubin

Liver is DARK, otherwise not clinically significant

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What syndrome produces a DARK LIVER and no other clinically significant consequences?

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Dubin-Johnson Syndrome = deficiency of bilirubin canalicular transport protein

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Morphological findings in hepatocellular cholestasis

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  • Bile with-in hepatocytes
  • Canalicular bile stasis
  • Feathery degeneration of hepatocytes
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What is ascending cholangitis?

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Secondary bacterial infection of the biliary tree due to extrahepatic biliary obstruction

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Morphologic findings in canalicular cholestasis?
- Canaicular bile stasis - Feathery hepatocytes - Bile with-in distended bile ducts - Bile duct proliferation with in portal tracts
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Which 2 hepatitis viruses are transmitted fecal-oral?
Hep A Hep E **The vowels hit your bowels**
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What does carrier state mean in regards to hepatitis?
Persistent hepatitis infection without significant ongoing necroinflammatory disease Typically occurs as a result of exposure at childbirth (perinatal transmission)
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What hepatitis virus must be encapsulated by HBV to be infective?
Hep D | -defective ssRNA virus
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Difference between superinfection and coinfection?
Superinfection = HDV infects individual with chronic HBV infection Co-infection= Hep D is transmitted simultaneously with Hep B (infected at same time)
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Which is worse, superinfection or coinfection?
Superinfection!
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What causes hepatocellular injury in hepatitis infeciton?
Patient's cellular immune response CD8+ T cells Subsequent lysis of infected cells
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Which hepatitis viruses can cause chronic disease?
Hep B Hep C Hep D (with Hep B infection) **consonants can cause chronic hepatitis!**
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What viruses can cause viral hepatitis?
Hepatitis Viruses (A, B, C, D, E) EBV CMV
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When is acute viral hepatitis defined as chronic viral hepatitis
When symptoms last > 6 months
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``` Jaundice Dark urine Fever Malaise Nausea Elevated liver enzymes ALT>AST ``` What do you think it is?
Acute Hepatitis! Jaundice- increased CB and UCB! Dark urine- increased CB
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Is acute viral hepatitis frequently biopsied?
Nope!
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Pathological findings associated with acute viral hepatitis?
Lobular hepatits: - Diffuse liver cell degeneration w/ necrosis & apoptosis - Kupffer cell hyperplasia - Mononuclear (predominately lymphocytes) with in portal tracts and lobules
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Why is it sometimes necessary to perform a liver biopsy in chronic viral hepatitis?
Often required for assessing the degree of liver damage -clinical findings of chronic viral hepatitis are highly variable
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Pathologic findings in chronic viral hepatitis?
Periportal hepatits with piecemeal necrosis Bridging necrosis Progressive fibrosis leading cirrhosis
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What pathologic clue can be seen on liver biopsy that would suggest chronic HBV infection?
Ground glass hepatocytes
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Do patients with acute massive hepatic necrosis always get cirrhosis?
Nope! Clinically suffer acute liver failure- acute toxic agent causes no fibrosis Reticulin framework is intact, liver can regenerate without much architectural distortion
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How is perinatal HBV prevented?
Treat with Hep B immune globulin (HBIG) and Hep B vaccine 2-12 hours after birth 85-95% effective in preventing development of HBB chronic carrier state
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Define autoimmune hepatitis
Liver injury due to a T-cell mediated autoimmune pathogenesis
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Treatment for autoimmune hepatitis?
Immunosuppressive agents (steroids)
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Define cirrhosis
End stage liver damage characterized by disruption of the normal hepatic parenchyma by bands of fibrous and regenerative nodules of hepatocytes.
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Most common cause of cirrhosis?
Alcoholic liver disease (60-70%)
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3 complications associated with cirrhosis?
Hepatic Failure Portal Hypertension Hepatocellular carcinoma
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Most common cause of acute liver failure?
Acetaminophen overdose (50% of cases)
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Most common cause of chronic liver failure?
Chronic liver disease associated with cirrhosis
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Who gets reye's syndrome?
Children and teenagers following a viral infection that was treated with aspirin
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What is reye's syndrome?
Rare, often fatal childhood hepatic encephalopathy
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What is found on liver biopsy for Reye's syndrome?
Microvesicular steatosis | Widespread mitochondrial injury
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Most common cause of portal hypertension?
Liver cirrhosis
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Four main complications of portal hypertension
1. Ascites 2. Portosystemic shunts (anastamoses- esophageal varices) 3. Splenomegaly (congestive) 4. Hepatic Encephalopathy
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Complication of portal vein thrombosis?
Portal hypertension But as obstruction is often before the liver, ascites does not typically occur
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Which two Hepatitis viruses are non-enveloped?
A and E

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