DSA Jaundice Part 2 Flashcards
What type of emphemysa does A1 AT cause and when?
Panacinar emphsema (lower lobes) at a young age.
Who goes Chronic HepB
- 90% of infants with maternal transmission in endemic areas (Africa/Asia)
- Asymptomatic heathy carriers
What is important to note about AST and ALT levels in Chronic HepC?
Fluctuate, and can be NORMAL
Most cases of Hep___ is curable.
C
What does right heart failure cause?
=> passive congestion of the liver => nutmeg liver (centrilobular congestion)
What conditions do we see nutmeg liver in?
- 1. R HF
- 2. Budd-Chiari Syndrome
How does R HF damage the liver?
Nutmeg liver:
-
ischemic hepatitis =>
- ischemic hepatopathy,
- hypoxic hepatitic,
- shock liver,
- acute cardiogenic liver injury.
In patient with RHF, what can we see in H&P?
1. Pulsatile liver due to: Hepatojugular reflex + triscupid regurg
How do Diagnoose RHF?
1. Increase in serum N-terminal BNP or BNP
Shock liver in RHF can cause what lab levels?
- Rapid and striking ↑ AST/ALT (>5000)
- ↑ LDH occurs early
- Mild ↑ in ASP/Br
____ is the development of fibrosis.
Cirrhosis
What are the 3 types of cirrhosis?
- Compensated
- Compensated with varices
- Decompensated (ascites, varices, encephalopathy or jaundice)
What reduces the risk of cirrhosis?
Drinking coffee and tea
MCC of cirrhosis?
- Alcohol
- Chronic Hep C
- NAFLD
- Hep B
Clinical manifestations of Cirrhosis
May be absent, with cirrhosis only accidently found during surgery.
Signs of Cirrhosis? (7)
- Jaundice
- Spider telangectasis
- Palmar erythema
- Dupuytren contractures.
- Vit def (glossitis and cheliosis)
- Caput madesea
- Asterxis
Cirrhosis
- CBC
- INR
- CMP
- CBC: Anemia, pancytopenia (low platets)
- Prolonged PT (INR)
- CMP => typically a cholestatic pattern
- ↑ BR/ALP
- Glucose disturbances
- Hypoalbumenia
Cirrhosis due to _____ will show (x) in serum
- Viral
- Hemochromatosis
- Primary Biliary Cirrhosis
- AI
- Wilsons
- A1 AT Defiency
- u already know-
- Fe, total iron-binding capacity, ferritin
- AMA (anti-mT antibody)
- ASMA (anti- smoothMusc AB); Anti-LKM, ANA
- ↓ Ceruloplasm
- ↓ a1 AT and phenotype!
What imaging can we do in Cirrhosis patients that tells us size of the liver, detect ascites, or hepatic nodules?
Abdominal US
What imaging can we do in Cirrhosis patients to diagnose Budd-Chiari Syndrome?
What are we looking at.
-
Abdominal US + doppler
- patency of splenic, portal and hepatic vein
What will CT+ contrast or MRI show us in patients with Cirrhosis?
- Cirrhotic liver
- splenomegaly
- collaterals
- venous thrombosis
- characterizing hepatic nodules
How do we DEFINITIVELY diagnose Cirrhosis?
- LIVER BIOPSY => histologically classify grade and stage
In Cirrhotic patients, what can be done to look for varices?
EGD
Treatments for Cirrhosis?
which is most important
- ***** NO ALCOHOL
- Vaccines: HepA/B, Pneumococca, yearly influenza
- NSAIDS (CI); ACE-I/ANG-II ANT => Avoid
How do we treat ascites and edema in Cirrhosis?
-
TIPSS (transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt) => treats portal HTN ***
- can cause: hepatic encepathlogy, infection, shunt stenosis/occlusion
- Spironolactone and furosemide
what predicts the severity of cirrhosis and risk of complications?
What labs should we order and what may we see on PE?
Child-Pugh Scoring System
- CMP or hepatic function panel (BR, albumin) PT/INR
- Ascites and encephalopathy
Purpose of MELD/MELD-NA for end-stage liver disease?
- Scores are based on what factors?
- Predict survival in patients with cirrhosis
- Bilirubin, Cr, INR and Na+
Complications of Cirrhosis (4)
- HCC
- Increase risk of getting DM ****
- Vit D deficiency
- UGIB (GE varices, Portal HTN)
What is defined as portal HTN?
What causes it?
↑ of hepatic venous pressure >5 mmg, due to cirrhosis.
Caused by:
- Cirrhosis causes: increased intrahepatic resistance to blood flow through the liver
- Increased splanchinic blood flow due to vasodilation
What is SAAG?
SAAG = serum ascites albumin gradient and it tells us what the etiology of the ascites is.
SAAG > 1.1 g/dL
- Ascites is due to portal HTN caused by
- Hepatic congestion (RHF/ constrictive pericariditis, Budd-Chiari Sundrome (hepatic vein thrombosis)
- Liver disease
- Portal Vein occlusion
- * Myxedema