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Alcoholic Liver Disease Flashcards

1
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What issues can alcohol lead to?

A
  • Alcoholic Liver Disease

- Alcohol Dependance

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What is the stepwise progression of alcoholic liver disease?

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1- Alcohol related fatty liver

2- Alcoholic hepatitis

3- Cirrhosis

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3
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How does alcoholic fatty liver resolve?

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Self-resolves in 2 weeks with no alcohol

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4
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Can alcoholic hepatitis resolve?

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If mild and permanent abstinence

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5
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How does cirrhosis occur?

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Liver becomes irreversibly scarred

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6
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How can cirrhosis progression be slowed?

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Stop drinking to prevent further damage

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7
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What is the recommended alcohol intake?

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14u men and women

Spread over 3+ days

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8
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What cancers does drinking particularly predispose to?

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  • Breast
  • Mouth
  • Throat
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9
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Who should avoid alcohol?

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Pregnant women

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10
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How can alcohol intake be assessed?

A
  • CAGE

- AUDIT (WHO questionnaire)

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11
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Outline the CAGE questionnaire.

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Cut down (thought you should)

Annoyed (when people comment)

Guilty (about drinking)

Eye opener (drink when you wake up/help hangover)

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12
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What score on the audit questionnaire indicates harmful alcohol use?

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13
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What are the complications of alcoholism?

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  • Alcoholic liver disease
  • Cirrhosis
  • Dependence
  • Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome
  • Pancreatitis
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14
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What are the signs of chronic liver disease?

Hands round to Abdomen

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  • Palmar erythema
  • Asterixis
  • Bruising (abnormal clotting)
  • Jaundice
  • Spider Naevi
  • Gynaecomastia
  • Ascites
  • Caput Medusa
  • Hepatomegaly
  • Testicle atrophy
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15
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What bloods should be done in suspected liver disease?

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FBC

LFTs

UsEs

Clotting Studies

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16
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What might an FBC show in alcoholic liver disease?

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Raised MCV

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17
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What might an LFTs show in alcoholic liver disease?

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  • Raised ALT/AST
  • Raised GGT
  • Low albumin
  • Raised bilirubin
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18
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What can cause raised GGT?

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  • Alcohol
  • Pregnancy
  • Obstruction
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19
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Why might albumin be low in alcoholic liver disease?

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Reduced synthetic function of the liver

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20
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What might UsEs show in alcoholic liver disease?

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Ur and Cr deranged in hepatorenal syndrome

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21
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What might clotting studies show in alcoholic liver disease?

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Prolonged clotting time

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22
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Why might clotting be prolonged in liver disease?

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Liver produces clotting factors

23
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Which clotting factors does the liver produce?

24
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What imaging is useful in liver disease?

A

USS

FibroScan

CT and MRI

25
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What will USS of the liver show?

A

Fatty changes- ‘echogenicity’

26
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What is FibroScan?

A

Transient Elastography

27
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What does a FibroScan show?

A

Elasticity of the liver- reduced in cirrhosis

28
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How often should FibroScan be done in people at risk of Cirrhosis?

A

Every 2 Years

or yearly if Hep B

29
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What might CT/MRI show in liver disease?

A

Fatty infiltration

30
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What orifice test is used in liver disease?

31
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What may an OGD show in decompensated liver disease?

32
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How can diagnosis be confirmed in alcoholic liver disease?

33
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When else should liver biopsy be used?

A

Whenever long term steroids are started

34
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What is the conservative management of alcoholic liver disease?

A
  • Alcohol abstinence and detox
  • Nutritional support- Thiamine and high protein diet
  • Education and possibly MDT
35
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What can improve outcomes in alcoholic hepatitis?

A

Steroids (only effective for up to 3/12)

36
Q

How can alcohol withdrawal be assessed?

A

CIWA

clinical institute withdrawal assessment

37
Q

What is given to prevent alcohol withdrawal?

A

Chlordiazepoxide

Diazepam less commonly

38
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What is chlordiazepoxide?

A

Benzodiazepine

39
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How is chlordiazepoxide used?

A

Titrated down over 5-7 days

40
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What else should alcoholics be given?

A
  • IV B vitamins (Pabrinex)

- PO Thiamine after this

41
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Which vitamin is Thiamine?

42
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What withdrawal symptoms occur between 6-12 hours?

A

SHAT

  • Sweating
  • Headache
  • Anxiety
  • Tremor
43
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What withdrawal symptoms occur between 12-24 hours?

A

Hallucinations

44
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What withdrawal symptoms occur between 24-48 hours?

45
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What withdrawal symptoms occur between 24-72 hours?

A

Delirium Tremens

46
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What is delirium tremens?

A

Medical emergency due to alcohol withdrawal

  • GABA under-functions and Glutamate over-functions
  • Brain very excitable due to excessive adrenergic activity
47
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How does Delirium Tremens present?

A
  • Confusion
  • Hallucinations
  • Tremor
  • Tachycardia and arrhythmia
  • HTN
  • Hyperthermia
  • Ataxia
48
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What is the mortality of untreated delirium tremens?

49
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What causes Wernicke-Korsakoff Syndrome?

A

Low Thiamine

50
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What vitamin is thiamine?

51
Q

How does Wernicke’s Encephalopathy present?

A
  • Confusion
  • Oculomotor disturbances
  • Ataxia (poor coordination)
52
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How does Korsakoff’s Syndrome appear clinically?

A
  • Memory impairment

- Behavioural changes

53
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What may Korsakoff’s Syndrome mimic?

54
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For how long must you stop drinking to be eligible for a liver transplant?

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