Hepatitis Flashcards
Recovery is rare
Chronic infection is the rule
Hepatitis C
MArked cholestasis
Hepa E
Microvesicular steatosis
Hepa D
Extra hepatic manifestation:
Serum sickness like syndrome
Hepa B
Acidophilus degeneration of hepayocytes
Councilman / apoptosis bodies
Lab features that suggest progression to chronicity
- lack of complete resolution of anorexia etc
- bridging/interface or multilobular hepatic necrosis
- ALT and glob in levels don’t return to normal
- HbeAg > 3 mos or HbsAg more than 6 months after acute hepatitis
Causes vanishing bile duct syndrome
CoAmox
Most pronounced side effect of ribavirin therapy
Hemolysis
Favorable genotypes of Hepa C
Genotype 2 and 3
Treatment for chronic Hepa C
PEG IFN and ribavirin
Best prognostic indicator in Hepa C
Liver histology
Treatment of Hepatitis C
24 weeks for 2 and 3
48 weeks for genotype 1
HBV DNA levels to treat Hepa B
20,000 IU/mL
Persistence of This antibody beyond the 3 months of acute infection predictive of the development of chronic infection
HBeAg
Extrahepatic manifestations of Hepatitis B
Serum sickness like syndrome
Glomerulonephritus with. Ephrotic syndrome
Generalized vasculitis
Essential mixed cryohlobulinemia