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DSA 6: Approach to Hepatobiliary Patient (Chronic Liver Disease / Cirrhosis) Flashcards

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Chronic hepatitis is described as a group of disorders characterized by a chronic inflammatory reaction in the liver for at least?

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6 months

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Chronic HBV has an association with?

Chronic HCV has an association with?

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1) Polyarteritis nodosa

2) Mixed cryoglobulinemia

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What is used to identify if there is presence or absence of fibrosis (cirrhosis) in chronic hepatitis?

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1) Serum FibroSure

2) US elastography

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4
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Chronic HBV is endemic in?

90% of infants are infected via?

What causes a higher probability of chronicity?

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1) Asia and sub-Saharan Africa
2) Maternal transmission
3) The younger the age at the time of HBV infection

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Cirrhosis associated with chronic HCV progression increases in?

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1) Males that heavily drink
2) Get infection after 40 yo
3) Immunocomp
4) Smoke

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What common food and/or drink slows the progression of chronic HCV?

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Coffee

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Presence of what serology points towards chronic HCV?

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HCV Ab and HCV RNA

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Which type of autoimmune hepatitis is most common?

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Type 1

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What antibodies are associated with type 1 autoimmune hepatitis?

Which are associated with type 2?

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1) Anti-smooth muscle Abs (SMA)

2) Anti-liver/kidney microsomal Abs (anti-LKM)

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Classic autoimmune hepatitis (type 1) is most prevalent in what population?

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Females ranging from 30-50 yo

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What clinical features are associated with classic autoimmune hepatitis (type 1)?

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1) Progressive jaundice
2) Epistaxis
3) Amenorrhea

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What is the treatment for autoimmune hepatitis?

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Glucocorticoids

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What complications are associated with Autoimmune hepatitis?

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Leads to cirrhosis and if left untreated can cause hepatocellular carcinoma

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14
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How much alcohol intake in a day can cause alcoholic liver disease over a 10 year span in men?

In women?

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1) Exceeds 80 g/day

2) 30–40 g/day

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What is the fatty liver (steatosis) caused by alcohol characterized by?

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1) Asymptomatic hepatomegaly

2) Elevation in bilirubin and Alkaline phosphatase

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What values are seen on CMP in regards to AST/ALT when a patient presents with alcoholic liver disease?

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AST 2x greater than ALT

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What is found on CBC with alcohol liver disease?

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1) Leukocytosis with left shift

2) Anemia

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What is a direct toxic effect of alcohol on megakaryocyte production or to hypersplenism?

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Thrombocytopenia

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What is seen with PT/PTT/INR?

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Marked prolongation of the prothrombin time

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What is present on liver biopsy with alcohol liver disease?

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Mallory-Denk bodies (alcoholic hyaline)

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21
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What supplements should be given to patients with alcohol liver disease?

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1) Multivitamin
2) Thiamine
3) Folic acid
4) Zinc

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22
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Why is thiamine co-administered with glucose when treating alcohol liver disease?

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Prevents Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome

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23
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What should be given to patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis?

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1) Steroids

2) Pentoxifylline

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24
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How long must patients abstain from alcohol to be considered for liver transplantation?

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6 months

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25
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Alcohol liver disease is the most common precursor to what condition in the United States?

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Cirrhosis

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What is used to calculate Maddrey’s discriminant function (DF)?

What cutoff is associated with poor prognosis for alcohol liver disease?

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1) PT and serum bilirubin

2) ≥32

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Fatty liver is also known as?

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Hepatic steatosis

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What is the most common cause of chronic liver disease in the US?

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Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)

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The principal causes and increased risk for NAFLD are?

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Metabolic Syndrome:

1) Obesity
2) Diabetes mellitus (insulin resistance)
3) Hypertriglyceridemia

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NAFLD causes an increased risk for?

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1) CV disease
2) Chronic kidney disease
3) Colorectal cancer

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What protects against the development of NAFLD?

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Physical activity and coffee consumption

32
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What is used to assess liver stiffness that can be used to estimate hepatic fibrosis in NAFLD?

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Ultrasound elastography

33
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What is seen on liver biopsy for NAFLD similar to alcohol liver disease?

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Mallory-Denk bodies

34
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What autosomal recessive condition is the most commonly diagnosed inherited hepatic disorder in infants and children?

What complication does it cause?

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1) Alpha-1 Antitrypsin deficiency

2) Pulmonary emphysema

35
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Which phenotype is associated with alpha-1 Antitrypsin deficiency and causes severe reductions in enzyme levels?

36
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What should be recommended to alpha-1 Antitrypsin deficiency patients to help manage the condition?

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Smoking abstinence

37
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What chronic disease of the liver is characterized by autoimmune destruction of small intrahepatic bile ducts and cholestasis?

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Primary Biliary Cholangitis

38
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What population is most affected by primary biliary cholangitis?

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Women around 50 yo

39
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What are some risk factors for primary biliary cholangitis?

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1) UTI
2) Smoking
3) Hormone replacement therapy
4) Hair dye

40
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What unique clinical manifestation is seen in primary biliary cholangitis?

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Xanthelasma

41
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What will we find on lab for primary biliary cholangitis?

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1) Antimitochondrial antibodies (AMA)
2) Increased alkaline phosphatase
3) Increased IgM levels

42
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How is primary biliary cholangitis treated?

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Ursodeoxycholic acid

43
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Hemochromatosis is an autosomal recessive mutation of what gene on chromosome 6?

44
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What does hemochromatosis cause?

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Increases accumulation of iron as hemosiderin in various organs including the liver

45
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While most symptoms are rarely recognized clinically before the patient’s 50’s, what are seen on H/P?

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1) Cirrhosis with hepatomegaly
2) Abnormal skin pigmentation
3) DM
4) Heart failure
5) ED in males

46
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Prognosis of hemochromatosis is favorable with?

What is used in addition to this?

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1) Phlebotomy therapy

2) PPI

47
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If the patients can’t tolerate phlebotomy due to hemochromatosis, anemia, or thalassemia what should we use to treat hemochromatosis?

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Deferoxamine

48
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Risk factors for advanced fibrosis include?

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1) Male sex
2) Excess alcohol consumption
3) DM

49
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Affected patients of hemochromatosis are at increased risk of infection with?

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1) Vibrio vulnificus
2) Listeria monocytogenes
3) Yersinia enterocolitica

50
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Wilson disease is a rare autosomal recessive mutation of what gene on chromosome 13?

51
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What age group is mostly affected by Wilson disease?

52
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What does Wilson disease cause?

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1) Impaired copper excretion into bile

2) Failure to incorporate copper into ceruloplasmin

53
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What diagnostic findings point towards Wilson disease?

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1) Low serum ceruloplasmin
2) Elevated hepatic copper concentration
3) MRI of the brain shows increased copper deposition

54
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How would a Wilson disease patient present?

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Child or young adult with hepatitis, hemolytic anemia, and neuro abnormalities

55
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What is the pathognomonic sign of Wilson disease?

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Brownish or gray-green Kayser-Fleischer ring

56
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What is the treatment for Wilson disease?

A

Oral penicillamine

57
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What association does right heart failure have with the liver?

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Nutmeg liver due to congestion of liver

58
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Hepatojugular reflux is present with?

A

Heart failure

59
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What levels are markedly elevated in heart failure?

60
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What levels are elevated during shock liver (ischemia involved)?

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1) Aminotransferase

2) LDH

61
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What is the pathophysiology seen in cirrhosis?

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Fibrosis replaces normal liver and regenerative nodules are formed

62
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What are the most common causes of cirrhosis?

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1) Hepatitis C
2) Alcoholic liver disease
3) NAFLD

63
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What is diagnostic and therapeutic for ascites and cirrhosis?

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Abdominal Paracentesis

64
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How is the SAAG (Serum ascites albumin gradient) score calculated?

If it is >1.1 it is most likely related to?

If it is >250 PMNs/mL think?

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1) Serum albumin –Ascites albumin
2) Portal hypertension
3) SBP

65
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Ascites is the pathologic accumulation of fluid in?

A

Peritoneal cavity

66
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What is the most common cause of ascites?

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Portal hypertension secondary to chronic liver disease

67
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What diagnostic tool reliably establishes the presence of fluid?

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Abdominal ultrasound

68
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What is the most important test for ascites?

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A white blood cell count with differential

69
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Cirrhosis, Budd-Chiari syndrome, and liver metastases is seen with a SAAG score of?

Biliary leak, pancreatitis, and peritoneal carcinomatosis is seen with a SAAG score of?

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1) Greater than 1.1 g/dL

2) Less than 1.1 g/dL

70
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What is characterized by alteration in mental status in the presence of liver failure?

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Hepatic encephalopathy

71
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What levels are typically elevated in hepatic encephalopathy?

72
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How does hepatic encephalophy present on H/P?

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Confusion, dowsiness, and asterixis (flapping tremor)

73
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What is used to treat hepatic encephalopathy?

74
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Exposure to what may contribute to etiology of hepatocellular carcinoma and causes a mutation in p53?

75
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How is hepatocellular carcinoma screended for?

A

Check AFP levels and perform US every 6 months

76
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What is considered in patients with worsening functional status based on the MELD/MELD-Na score?

A

Liver transplant

77
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What MELD score is required for liver transplant listing?

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Greater than 14

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