3. Liver Flashcards
largest internal organ
liver
liver weight
1.5 kg
liver location
upper right quadrant
liver segments
8
liver CO
25%
blood flow to liver
portal vein - 75%
hepatic artery - 25%
O2 delivery to liver is through
50% portal vein
50% hepatic artery
hepatic artery and portal venous flow
inverse relationship
what modulates portal venous flow
arterial tone of splanchnic vessels
major function of liver
filter and transform substances in blood
portosystemic shunts
arise in portal HTN and allow blood flow to bypass liver
liver disease incr risk of
bleeding
thrombosis
markers for hepatocellular injury
AST
ALT
ALP
bilirubin
albimin
where is albumin synthesized
liver
which hepatitis causes chronic complications
Hep B
Hep C
most common viral hepatitis causes neede for liver transplant
HCV
HCV genotype 1 treatment
12 weeks of
sofosbuvir
velpatasvir
main reason for liver transplant
ALD
or NAFLD
signs during early ALD
none
ALD treatment
alcohol abstinence
liver failyre management
NAFLD
excessive fat accumulation without clear cause of alcohol use
NAFLD associated with
obesity
insulin resistance
T2D
metabolic syndrome
NAFLD diagnosis
imaging
biopsy
NAFLD treatment
weight loss
exercise
which pt population is most affected by autoimmune hepatitis?
women
autoimmune hepatits
inflammatory diseas of liver
autoantibodies
hypergammaglobulinemia
autoimmune hepatitis labs
AST/ALT 10-20x normal
autoimmune hepatitis treatment
steroids
most common cause of drug induced liver injury
acetamiophen
acetominophen toxic overdose reversal
N-Acetycysteine
wilsons disease
impaired copper metabolism
a-antitrypsin deficiency
transplant is cure
COPD
emphysema
hemochromatosis
excess iron that leads to multiorgan dysfunction
ALF timeline
severe hepatic injury in less than 26 weeks
ALF S+S
incr AST/ALT
altered mental status
coag abnomalties
jaundice
nasuea
RUQ pain
encepalopathy