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Hepatitis Flashcards

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How is hepatitis A spread?

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  • Faecal oral - faecally contiminated water
  • Shellfish
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What is the incubation period for hepatitis A?

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2-6 weeks

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What are non-viral infections which can cause hepatitis?

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  • Toxoplasma gondii
  • Leptospira
  • Coxiella burnetii (Q fever)
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What are viral causes of hepatitis?

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  • Hep A - E
  • EBV
  • CMV
  • Yellow fever
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What drugs can cause hepatitis?

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  • Paracetamol
  • Alcohol
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What are symptoms of hepatitis A?

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  • Fever
  • Malaise
  • Anorexia
  • Nausea
  • Athralgia
  • Jaundice
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What are signs of hepatitis A?

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  • Hepatomegaly
  • Lymphadenopathy
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How is HBV spread?

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  • Blood products
  • IVDU
  • Sexual
  • Direct contact
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What groups are most at risk of HBV infection?

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  • IVDU and sexual partners
  • Health workers
  • Haemophiliacs
  • MSM
  • Haemodialysis/CKD
  • Sexually promiscuous
  • Foster carers
  • Close family memebers of carrier
  • Staff/residernts of institutions/prisons
  • Babies of HBsAg +ve mothers
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What is the incubation period HBV?

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1-6 months

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What are features of acute HBV infection?

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  • Anorexia
  • Lethargy
  • Nausea
  • Fever
  • Abdominal Discomfort
  • Arthralgia
  • Urticarial skin lesions
  • Jaundice + Dark coloured urine
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What is HBsAg, and what does its presence indicate?

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Hepatitis B surface antigen - acute or chronic infection

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What is HBeAg, and what does it indicate?

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Pre-core antigen for HBV - Acute hepatitis B

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What is Anti-HBs, and what does its presence indicate?

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Antibodies against HB surface protein - immunity to HBV, previous epxosure or vaccination

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What is Anti-HBe, and what does it’s presence indicate?

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Antibodies against E-protein - Seroconversion

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What is HBc-IgM, and what does its presence indicate?

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IgM produced against HB core protein - indicates acute hepatitis B in high titres, and chornic hepatitis B with low titres

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What is Anti-HBc IgG, and what does its presence indicate?

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Past exposure to hepatitis B

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What hepatitis virology and LFT results would indicate that someone has an acute HBV infection?

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  • Markedly increased LFT
  • Positive HBsAg
  • Positive HBeAg
  • Positive Anti-HBc IgM
  • Positive Anti-HBc IgG
  • Anti-HBs negative
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What hepatitis virology and LFT results would indicate that someone is a carrier of HBV?

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  • Raised LFTs
  • Positive HBsAg
  • Positive/Negative HBeAg
  • Anti-HBe positive/negative
  • Anti-HBc IgM positive/negative
  • Anti-HBc IgG positive
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What hepatitis virology and LFT results would indicate that someone has been vaccinated?

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  • Normal LFTs
  • HBsAg negative
  • Anti-HBc negative
  • Anti-HBs positive
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What viral component is looked at first before doing a full HBV screen?

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HBsAg, or Anti-HBc IgM in acute infection

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What does HBsAg presisting for > 6 months imply?

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The person is a carrier

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What proportion of those with hepatitis B fully recover following acute infection?

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90-95%

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What proportion of those with hepatitis B develop chornic hepatitis?

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5-10%

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What proportion of those with acute HBV infection develop fulminant hepatic necrosis?

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1%

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What are the different outcomes of chronic HBV infection?

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  • Asymptomatic chronic infection (carrier)
  • Chronic active hepatits -> Cirrhosis/Primary liver cancer
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What are features of chronic HBV infection?

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  • Fatigue, anorexia, depression
  • Signs of advanced disease
    • Chronic liver disease - jaundice, hepatoma, cirrhosis
    • Membranous glomerulonephritis
    • Polyarteritis nodosa
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What investigations would you do if you suspected HAV?

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  • LFTs - raised due to hepatocellular injury
  • Anti-HAV IgM - acute
  • Anti-HAV IgG - previously infected
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How would you manage someone with confirmed acute hepatitis A?

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  • Conservative management
  • Avoid alcohol
  • Interferon alpha - if fulminant hepatitis
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What are complications that can occur in heptatitis A?

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  • Cholestatic jaundice
  • Relapsing hepatitis (may be more severe than first episode)
  • Aplastic anaemia
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Is there a form of immunisation available for HAV? If so, what is it?

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Yes - inactivated viral protein

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Who would you consider giving HAV vaccination to?

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  • MSM with multiple sexual partners
  • Sewage workers
  • Seronegative haemophiliacs
  • Travellers to endemic areas
33
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What does the presence of HBV DNA indicate?

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Implies viral replication. Levels indicate response to treatment

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What are complications of Hepatitis B?

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  • Fulminant hepatic failure
  • cirrhosis
  • HCC
  • Cholangiocarcinoma
  • Cryoglobulinaemia
  • Membranous nephropthy
  • Polyarteritis nodosa
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How would you manage someone with hepatitis B?

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Conservative

  • Avoid alcohol

Medical

  • Pegylated alpha-2a interferon
  • Nucleoside analgogues - tenofovir, entecavir

Surgical

  • Liver transplantation
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What are indications for anti-viral therapy in hepatitis B?

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  • Asymptomatic chronic HBV with raised ALT and HBeAg positive
  • Cirrhosis with evidence of ongoing viral replicaton
  • Those without cirrhosis, with 2/3 of following criteria
    • HBV DNA > 2000 IU/ml
    • Raised ALT
    • Significant liver inflammation/fibrosis
37
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Is there a method of immunisation available for hepatitis B? If so, what is it?

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Yes

  • Passive immunisation with specific anti-HBV
  • Active immunisation - HBsAg recombinant vaccine
38
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What is the dose regimen used for the HBV vaccine?

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One of:

  • Three doses at 0, 1 and 6 months
  • Four doses at 0, 1, 2 and 12 months
  • Four doses at 0, 7, 21 days and 12 months - rapid protection
39
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How would you determine whether someone had a good response to active HBV vaccination?

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Post vaccine anti-HBs levels

40
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What public health measure would you want to take if someone was confirmed to have HBV?

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Contact tracing

41
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How is hepatitis C spread?

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  • Blood - transfusion, IV abuse
  • Sexual contact
42
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What are risk factors for progression of hepatitis C to chronic disease?

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  • Male
  • Older
  • Higher viral load
  • Use of alcohol
  • HIV
  • HBV
43
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What are features of acute HCV infection?

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Most asymptomatic, but 10%:

  • Mild flu-like symptoms - malaise, anorexia, fatigue
  • Jaundice
44
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What are features of chronic hepatitis C infection?

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Asymptomatic, or:

  • Variations in AST/ALT - over short time period
  • Cirrhosis
  • Hepatoma
45
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How would you investigate for HCV?

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  • Bloods - LFTs, Anti-HCV antibodies
  • HCV-PCR
46
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What investigations would you perform in someone who you suspected had hepatitis B?

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Bloods

  • LFTs
  • HBsAg - If positive, then full HBV screen
    • HBeAg
    • Anti-HBs
    • Anti-HBe
    • Anti-HBc IgM
    • Anti-HBc IgM

Liver Biopsy

47
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How would you manage someone with HCV?

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Conservative

  • Alcohol cessation

Medical

  • Pegylated interferon + Ribrivarin
  • Consider protease inhibitors - genotype 1
48
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What proportion of those with HCV infection progress to chronic infection?

49
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What proporrtion of those with chronic HCV progress without cirrhosis?

50
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What proportion of those with chronic HCV infection progress to cirrhosis within 30 years?

51
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What proportion of those with chronic HCV progress to hepatoma?

52
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How is hepatitis D spread?

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Parenteral infection - related to IVDU

Little vertical/sexual transmission

53
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What is needs to be present for HDV infection to spread?

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Hepatitis B - needs to be there in order for HDV to spread - HBV used for HDV assembly

54
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How does HDV present?

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Clinically indistinguishable from HBV infection

55
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How would you investigate for HDV infection?

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  • LFTs
  • HDV - IgM/IgG
  • HDV RNA - IgM/IgG
  • HDAg - IgM, IgG
56
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How would you manage someoen with HDV?

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  • Consider interferon alfa
  • Liver transplantation
57
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What complications can occur in those with HDV?

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Severe chronic hepatitis

58
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How is Hepatitis E spread?

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Enterally transmitted

  • From pork meat - sausages
  • Blood exposure - abattoir workers
59
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How does HEV present?

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Subclinical or mild illness in woman and young people

Most severe illness in elderly

  • Liver failure
  • Arthritis
  • Anaemia
  • Neurological manifestations
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What blood test would you do to look for HEV?

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HEV-RNA - IgG, IgM

61
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How would you manage someone with HEV?

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Most is self limiting + No licensed treatment

  • Consider ribrivarin therapy
62
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What sex does autoimmune hepatitis occur most commonly in?

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What are features of autoimmune hepatitis?

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  • Acute hepatitis with jaundice
  • Clinical features of cirrhosis - hepatosplenomegaly, cutaneous striae, acne, hirsutes, bruises and, sometimes, ascites.
  • Features of an autoimmune disease - fever, urticarial rash, migratory polyarthritis, glomerulonephritis, pleurisy, pulmonary infiltration or lung fibrosis.
  • Can have amenorrhoea
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What are infective causes of hepatitis?

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  • EBV
  • CMV
  • Leptospirosis
  • Malaria
  • Q fever
  • Syphilis
  • Yellow fever
  • Hep A-E
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What investigations would you do if you suspected autoimmune hepatitis?

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  • Bloods - LFTs, FBC, ANA, ASMA, Soluble liver antigenAnti-LKM1, CYP2D6
  • Liver biopsy
66
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How would you manage autoimmune hepatitis?

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  • Steroids - induce remission
  • Azathioprine - Maintenance
  • Immunosuppressants - Mycophenolate, ciclosporin, tacrolimus
67
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What are complications of autoimmune hepatitis?

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  • Cirrhosis
  • Complications fo drug therapy
68
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What diseases are associated with atuoimmune hepaititis?

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  • Penicious anaemia
  • UC
  • GN
  • Autoimmune thyroiditis
  • Autoimmune haemolysis
  • Diabetes mellitus
  • PSC
  • HLA A1, B8, DR3 haplotype
69
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What age range does autoimmune hepaitits most commonly affect?

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Bimodal distribution - 10-30 years, then > 40 years

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What is chronic hepaptitis defined as?

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Hepatitis lasting > 6 months

71
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What proportion of individuals who chronically misuse alcohol develop alcoholic hepatitis?

72
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What are the signs/symptoms of alcoholic hepatitis?

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Alcohol use, plus:

  • Asymptomatic, or
  • Symptomatic
    • Tender hepatomegaly +/- Jaundice
    • Ascites
    • D+V
    • Encephalopathy
    • Malnutrition -> Anorexia/Malaise
    • Bleeding
    • Decompensated hepatic function
73
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What factors determine whether an individual with alcoholic hepatitis will develop alcoholic liver cirrhosis?

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  • Drinking behaviour
  • Gender
  • Severity of histiological lesions
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What might you see on blood panel in someone with alcoholic hepatitis?

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  • Increased WCC
  • Decreased platelets
  • Increased INR
  • Increased AST
  • Increased MCV
  • Increased Urea
75
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What might jaundice indicate in someone with alcoholic hepatitis?

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Hepatitis is severe

76
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What might encephalopathy in someone with alcoholic hepatitis indicate?

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Severe hepatitis

77
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How would yoiu manage someone with acute alcoholic hepatitis?

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Admit

  • Catheterise
  • Screen for infection +/- ascitic tap looking for SBP
  • Stop alcohol and manage DTs
  • Pabrinex + Vit K
  • Optimise nutrition
  • Steroids in severe disease
  • Monitoring - weight, Bloods (FBC, LFTs, U+E’s, INR)

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