UW CIRROSIS Flashcards
2 indicators of liver function in cirrhosis?
Impaired biosynthetic capacity (elevated PT; hypoalbuminemia)
Impaired transport and metabolic capacity (elevated bilirubin)
2 indicators of liver injury in cirrhosis?
Markers of hepatocyte injury (asp and alan aminotransferazes)
Markers of cholestasis (elevated alkaline phosphatase; elevated gama-glutamyl transpeptidase)
Impaired biosynthetic capacity (2)
elevated PT
hypoalbuminemia
Impaired transport and metabolic capacity?
elevated bilirubin
Markers of hepatocyte injury?2
elevated asp (SGOT) and alan (SGPT) aminotransferazes; usually SGOT>SGPT
What other laboratory abnormalities can be detected in cirrhosis?
trombocytopenia (due to splenic sequestration of platelets)
Markers of cholestasis?
elevated alkaline phosphatase; elevated gama-glutamyl transpeptidase)
elevated PT; hypoalbuminemia. What marker?
Impaired biosynthetic capacity
elevated bilirubin
Impaired transport and metabolic capacity
elevated asp (SGOT) and alan (SGPT) aminotransferazes; usually SGOT>SGPT? Markers of what?
Markers of hepatocyte injury
elevated alkaline phosphatase; elevated gama-glutamyl transpeptidase). Markers of what?
Markers of cholestasis
Alcohol-associated hepatic injury evolves through the stages of …….. (reversible), ………..(reversible), and ….. (irreversible).
Alcohol-associated hepatic injury evolves through the stages of steatosis (reversible), hepatitis (reversible), and cirrhosis (irreversible).
Alcohol-associated hepatic injury. Steatosis revers or non?
reversible
Alcohol-associated hepatic injury. Hepatitis revers or non?
reversible
Alcohol-associated hepatic injury. Cirrhosis revers or non?
irreversible
Hepatocyte injury causes a release of intracellular enzymes and an increase in …..
serum transaminases
biliary injury is reflected by increases in …….2
alkaline phosphatase and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT)
What lab studies are indicative of ongoing hepatobiliary injury?
increase in serum transaminases;
increases in alkaline phosphatase and gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT).
a key determinant of prognosis in patients with cirrhosis?
liver’s functional reserve
what are indicators of the liver’s biosynthetic function?
Serum albumin levels and prothrombin time (PT)
3 signs of inadequate liver function?
- Hypoalbuminemia;
- elevated bilirubin levels;
- prolonged PT
serum bilirubin level reflects …..
ability to transport and metabolize organic anions
does elevation of transaminases reflect liver function?
Transaminase elevations do not reflect liver function and do not predict outcomes; these enzymes can be transiently elevated by a number of self-limited processes.
in alcohol-associated liver disease which aminotransferases are more elevated?
aspartate aminotransferase (AST) is classically elevated to more than 2 times the level of alanine aminotransferase
fibrinogen level in infection?
increased synthesis
fibrinogen level in inflammation?
increased synthesis
fibrinogen level in liver failure?
decreased synthesis
increase of gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) is more specific for liver or biliary injury?
biliary
why occurs thrombocytopenia develops with chronic alcohol use? 2
due to both direct toxic effects of alcohol on the bone marrow as well as splenic sequestration of platelets.
!!The bleeding time is a measure of platelet function (not liver synthetic function) and is often prolonged in severe alcohol-related liver disease, although with a fair degree of variance.
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2 histologic components seen in hepatic cirrosis?
diffuse hepatic fibrosis with replacement of the normal lobular architecture by fibrous-lined regenerative parenchymal nodules
normal lobular architecture in cirrosis is replaced by …..
fibrous-lined regenerative parenchymal nodules.
The most common causes of cirrhosis include ……
chronic viral hepatitis (eg, hepatitis B and C)
alcohol,
hemochromatosis,
nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.