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Liver disorders Flashcards

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What is cholestasis?

A

Impariment of bile formation and or bile flow which clinically presents as fatigue, pruritis, dark urine, pale stools, jaundice

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Drug of choice for cholestatic pruritis?

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Colestyramine (anion-exchange resin that is not absorbed by the GIT - binds to bile acid and thereore reduce excess depostion in dermal tissue)

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Rifampicin, Ursodeoxycholic acid and sertraline can be used for what symptom of cholestasis?

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Pruiritis

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What is a useful treatment for pruiritius associated with intrahepatic cholestatis in pregnancy?

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Ursodeoxycholic acid

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Primary treatment for biliary cholangitis

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ursodeoxycholic acid

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