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Liver Disease Symposium: Introduction to Liver disease Flashcards

1
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4 roles of the liver

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  1. Glucose + Fat metabolism
  2. Detoxification + excretion
  3. Protein synthesis
  4. Defence against infection
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2
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What excretion takes place in the liver

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  1. Bilirubin
  2. Ammonia
  3. Drugs/hormones/pollutants
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3
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Through what vessel does blood enter the liver

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Portal vein + hepatic artery

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4
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What epithelium lines the hepatic artery, portal vein and bile duct

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CUBOIDAL EPITHELIUM

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Result of chronic liver damage

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Fibrosis

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6
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What is severe fibrosis of the liver called

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Cirrhosis

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Presentation of liver injury

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  1. Malaise
  2. Nausea
  3. Anorexia
  4. Jaundice

RARER:

  1. Confusion
  2. Bleeding
  3. Liver pain
  4. Hypoglycaemia
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8
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What would liver pain indicate

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Obstruction

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9
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Presentation of chronic liver injury

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  1. Ascites
  2. Oedema
  3. Haematemesis
  4. Malaise
  5. Anorexia
  6. Wasting
  7. Itching
  8. Hepatomegaly
  9. Abnormal LFTs
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10
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How do we test for liver function

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  1. Serum bilirubin
  2. Albumin
  3. PTT
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11
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What cholestatic enzymes are looked at in blood tests

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  1. Alkaline phosphatase

2. Gamma-GT

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12
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What hepatocellular enzymes are looked at in blood tests

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Transaminases

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13
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Does looking at serum enzyme give an indication of liver function

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No

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14
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What causes pre-hepatic jaundice

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Haemolysis

Gilberts

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15
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What causes cholestatic jaundice (conjugated)

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Liver disease

Bile duct obstruction

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16
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Why is PTT a good indicator of acute and chronic liver disease

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Sue to its short half-life

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17
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What can cause a prolonged prothrombin time

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Vit K deficiency in biliary obstruction - low conc. of bile salts causes poor absorption of vit K

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18
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In what disease is alkaline phosphatase levels raised

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Intrahepatic and extra hepatic cholestatic disease - increased synthesis

Cirrhosis

Hepatic infiltration

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19
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How do bile pigments form

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From harm when old/damaged erythrocytes are broken down in the spleen and liver

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20
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What is the most predominant bile pigment

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Bilirubin

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21
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Where is bilirubin extracted

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Hepatocytes

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22
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What colour is bilirubin

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Yellow

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23
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What is haemoglobin broken down into

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Haem + global

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24
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What is global broken down into

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Amino acids - used to make new erythrocytes

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25
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What happens to harm

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Broken down in bilirubin and Fe2+

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26
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What happens to biliverdin

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Reduced to unconjugated bilirubin

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27
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Property of bilirubin

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Lipid-soluble and insoluble in blood so must be bound to ALBUM

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28
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Where does bilirubin go

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Glucuronidation in the liver

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29
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Describe the production of conjugated bilirubin

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Action of UDP glucuronyl transferase

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30
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Why does Gilbert’s result in pre-hepatic jaundice

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Lack of UDP glururonyl transferase

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31
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Where does the conjugated bilirubin go

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Travels to ileum where it is reduced by bacteria into urobilinogen

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32
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What happens to urobilinogen

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Some is absorbed into the blood + bound to albumin

Some is oxidised to form stercobilin

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33
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What give urine its yellow colour

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Urobilinogen

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34
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What can cause post-hepatic jaundice

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  1. Gall-stones

2. Mirizzi syndrome

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35
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What is mirizzi syndrome

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Stone in gallbladder/cystic duct presses on common bile duct)

36
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What questions should i ask as a doctor if suspected jaundice

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  1. Dark urine, pale stool + itching
  2. Biliary pain (radiates to shoulder)
  3. Rigors
  4. Abdomen swelling
  5. Weight loss

past history
Drug history
Social history

37
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Test for jaundice

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  1. High AST/ALT suggests liver disease

Dilated intrahepatic bile ducts on ULTRASOUND - shows bile obstruction

38
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What is biliary colic

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Term used for pain associated with temporary obstruction of the cystic or common bile duct by a stone migrating from the gall bladder

39
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How to detect stone-induced ductular obstruction

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Sudden onset, severe but constant and has crescendo characteristic

40
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What is cholecystitis

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Gallbladder inflammation

41
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What doe bile consist of

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Cholesterol
Bile Pigments
Phospholipids

42
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What gender do gallstones commonly effect

43
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What ethnicity do gallstones generally effect

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Scandinavians
SA
NA

44
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Symptoms of gall stones

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Usually asymptomatic

45
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Main causes of gallstones

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  1. Obesity + rapid weight loss
  2. Diet high in animal fat + low in fibre
  3. Diabetes mellitus
  4. Contraceptive pill
  5. Liver cirrhosis
46
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Risk factors of gallstones

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  1. Female
  2. Fat
  3. Fertile = increased risk of gallstones
  4. Smoking
47
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What is the most common type of gallstone

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Cholesterol gallstones

48
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Main causes of cholesterol gallstones

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Female
Age
Obesity

49
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How do cholesterol gallstones form

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  1. Cholesterol crystallisation in bile
  2. Cholesterol held in solution by bile salts and phospholipids which form micelles and vesicles
  3. Cholesterol gallstones form in EXCESS cholesterol
50
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How does an excess cholesterol arise

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TOO little bile salts + phospholipids

Excess of cholesterol

51
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Why will many people with supersaturated bile never develop stones

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Balance between cholesterol crystallising and solubilising factors that determines whether cholesterol with crystallise out of solution

52
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What other factors contribute to gallstone formation

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  1. Reduced gallbladder motility and stasis

2. Crystalline promoting factors in bile

53
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Main cause of bile pigment stones

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Haemolysis

54
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How do BLACK pigment gallstones from

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Calcium bilirubinate and network of mucin glycoproteins that interlace with salts

55
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In what diseases are black pigment gallstones seen in

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Haemolytic anaemia
Spherocytosis
Sickle cell
Thalassaemia

56
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What are brown pigment stones made of

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composed of calcium salts

57
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When do brown pigment stones form

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Presence of bile stasis and/or biliary infection

58
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What is the most common cause of brown pigment stones

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Recurrent bile duct stones following cholecystectomy

59
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What is the problem if gallstones become symptomatic

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Start to become recurrent

60
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Do gallstones cause dyspepsia, fat intolerance, flatulance

61
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Define gallstone colic

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Pain associated with temporary obstruction of the cystic or common bile duct by a stone migrating out of the gallbladder

62
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When do symptoms for gallstone colics com in

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Mid-evening + last till early hours of morning

63
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Initially where are gallstone colics felt

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Pain in epigastrium and radiates to upper right quadrant component (right shoulder + right sub scapular region)

64
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Symptoms of gallstone colics

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Nausea and committing

65
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What is the consequence of acute cholecystitis

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Obstruction of gallbladder tempting

66
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What is acute cholecystitis caused by

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Gallstones

67
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Pathophysiology of acute cholecystitis

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  1. Obstruction = increased gall bladder glandular secretion leading to progressive distension that may compromise vascular supply to gall bladder
68
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How do we distinguish from cute cholecystitis from biliary colic

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Inflammatory response in acute cholecystitis

69
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Where is pain felt in acute cholecystitis

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Epigastrium

70
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What happens to the pain in acute cholecystitis over time

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Localises in right upper abdominal quadrant corresponding to parietal peritoneal involvement (inflammation begins to irritate parietal peritoneum)

71
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NON-SPECFIC symptoms of acute cholecystitis

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VOMITING
FEVER
LOCAL PERITONITIS

72
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What may happen if a stone from acute cholecystitis moves into the common bile duct

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Cholangitis and JAUNDICE

73
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Differential diagnosis of Biliary colics

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  1. IBS
  2. Carcinoma on right side of colon
  3. Pancreatitis
74
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Differential diagnosis of acute cholecystitis

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Acute episodes of pancreatitis

Peptic ulceration

Basal pneumonia

Intrahepatic abscess

75
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How is biliary colic diagnosed

A

Abdominal ultrasound

76
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Blood tests when diagnosing acute cholecystitis

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  1. RAISED WBC (due to inflammation) and C-reactive protein

2. Raised serum bilirubin, alkaline phosphatase and aminotransferase levels

77
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Abdominal ultrasound in acute cholecystitis

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  1. Thick-walled, shrunken gallbladder
  2. Pericholecystic fluid
  3. Stones
78
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Clinical examination of acute cholecystitis

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Right upper quadrant tenderness

Murphy’s signs

79
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What is murphy’s sign

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Pain on taking a deep breath when examiner places two fingers on right upper quadrant

80
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How is acute cholecystitis and biliary colics treated surgically

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Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (gallbladder removal)

81
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When is surgical intervention for acute cholecystitis and biliary colics needed

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symptomatic

82
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How is acute cholecystitis non-surgically treated

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  1. Nil by mouth
  2. IV fluid
  3. OPIATE ANALGESIA
  4. IV antibiotic - CEFUROXIME or CEFTRIAXONE
83
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What bacteria are associated with cholecystitis

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  1. Klebsiella
  2. Enterococcus
  3. E.coli
84
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How are gallstones dissolved

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  1. Increasing bile salt content

ORAL URSODEOCYCHOLIC ACID

SIMVASTATIN (lowers hcolesterol

85
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Why is shock-wave lithotripsy done in acute cholecystitis

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  1. Shock wave directed on gallbladder stones to turn them into fragments
86
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When can shock wave lithotripsy be done

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When cystic duct is patent - allows fragments to pass

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