Liver failure

Question 1

Causes

Answer 1

paracetamol overdose
alcohol
viral hepatitis (usually A or B)
acute fatty liver of pregnancy

Question 2

Features
[…]
coagulopathy: raised […] time
[…]albuminaemia
hepatic […]
[…] failure is common (‘hepato[…] syndrome’)

Answer 2

jaundice
coagulopathy: raised prothrombin time
hypoalbuminaemia
hepatic encephalopathy
renal failure is common (‘hepatorenal syndrome’)

Question 3

Do LFTs accurately represent synthetic funtion?

Answer 3

No, look at PT time and albumin