Lecture 39: Acute and Chronic Hepatitis Flashcards
What are the types of hepatic biochemical tests?
LFTs don’t test function, they test inflammation
- ALT and AST
- Alkaline Phosphatase
- Bilirubin
When you have a really high AST and ALT level (10,000), what should be your first thought?
Acetaminophen until proven otherwise
How does alcoholic hepatitis present?
AST:ALT is 3:1 or 2:1 (scotch and tonic)
How does Fatty liver disease present with LFT?
ALT > AST (which is different than alcoholic hepatitis and cirrhosis)
How does Cirrhosis present with LFT?
AST > ALT
What is the only hepatitis that presents with higher ALT than AST?
Steatosis or steatohepatitis
What happens when you have elevated alkaline phosphatase?
You have to think of cholestasis
Could also be bone, placenta, liver and kidneys
Which presents with higher alkaline phosphatase, intra or extrahepatic cholestasis?
Intrahepatic cholestasis (ie bile duct in kidney is obstructed) because blockage of bile duct will induce hepatocytes to die
What are examples of intrahepatic cholestasis?
- Drug induced
- PBC
- Hepatic granulomas due to sarcoidosis
What are examples of extraheptic cholestasis?
- Bile duct obstruction due to stones
- cancer
- biliary tract disease like PSC
Are cholestasis and hyperbilirubinemmia synonymous?
NO
Cholestasis can be seen without jaundice
Example = cholestasis of pregnancy = no bilirubin elevation necessary
Where do you see the highest amount of bilirubin?
Hepatocellular disease (some cases of intrahepatic cholestasis)
What is the significance of a non-enveloped virus?
Non-enveloped = enterically transmitted
What is the significance of an enveloped virus?
They are blood borne
Which hepatitis viruses are non-enveloped?
- HAV
- HEV
Always acute
Which hepatitis viruses are enveloped?
- HBV
- HCV
- HDV
What is the natural history of HAV?
99% recover after acute episode
1% have fulminant hepatitis and died