Flashcard 2

Question 1

steatosis

Answer 1

fatty liver

Question 2

causes NAFLD

Answer 2

• obesity
• diabetes
• genetics
• high lipids

Question 3

most useful measure of liver cell injury

Answer 3

ALT

AST

Question 4

what stimulates bicarbonate secretion from Brunners glands?

Answer 4

secretion

Question 5

liver cirrhosis causes

Answer 5

• Hep B + C
• autoimmune hepatitis
• ARLD/NAFLD
• primary biliary cholangitis

Question 6

what should be excluded before making diagnosis of hepatic encephalopathy

Answer 6

• hypoglycaemia
• infection
• intracranial bleed

Question 7

treatment options for primary biliary + sclerosing cholangitis

Answer 7

ursodeoxycholic acid
cholestyramine
liver transplant

Question 8

Wilsons disease

Answer 8

excessive deposition of copper in liver, brain and other tissues

Question 9

penicillamine

Answer 9

drug that binds to metals and therefore aids their excretion

Question 10

what does FFFF refer to and what condition

Answer 10

Fertile
Fat
Female
Forty

cholelithiasis

Question 11

cholecystectomy

Answer 11

gall bladder removal

Question 12

primary versis secondary choleodocholithiasis

Answer 12

primary - stones produced in bile duct

secondary - stones travelled from elsewhere

Question 13

ascending cholangitis

Answer 13

inflammation of bile duct caused by bacteria ascending from junction with duodenum

Question 14

acute pancreatitis causes

Answer 14

I - idiopathic
G - gallstones
E - ethanol (alcohol)
T - trauma 
S - steroids
M - mumps
M - malignancy 
A - autoimmune
S - scorpions
H - hypercalcaemia
E - ERCP
D - doctors - drugs - Iatrogenic

Question 15

SIGNS:

• hepatomegaly
• jaundice
• abdo mass
• abdo tenderness
• ascites
• splenomegaly
• supraclavicular lymphadenopathy
• gall bladder palpable

Answer 15

pancreatic carcinoma