Ascites diagnosis and management — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Hepatic encephalopathy may be triggered by decreased NH3 removal, such as _____ failure

Answer: renal

Flashcard 2: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is treated empirically with a _____

Answer: 3rd generation cephalosporin

Flashcard 3: AST _____ ALT in nonalcoholic liver disease suggests progression to advanced fibrosis or cirrhosis

Answer: >

Flashcard 4: _____ is a common, potentially fatal bacterial infection in patients with cirrhosis and ascites

Answer: Spontaneous (primary) bacterial peritonitis

Flashcard 5: Is liver failure followed with PT or PTT? _____

Answer: PT

Flashcard 6: Klebsiella pneumoniae is often complicated by _____ formation in the lungs and liver

Answer: abscess

Flashcard 7: Meigs' syndrome

Answer:

Extra: ovarian fibroma, ascites, hydrothorax

Flashcard 8: What conditions are associated with myoclonus?

Answer: metabolic abnormalities e.g. renal or liver failure

Flashcard 9: hepatic encephalopathy (ammonia intoxication)

Answer: acquired (liver failure) or hereditary (enzyme deficiency)

Extra: excess NH4+ in blood and inhibition of TCA cycleasterixis, slurred speech, blurred vision, somnolence, vomiting, cerebral edemalimit protein in diet, benzoate or phenylbutyrate, lactulose

Flashcard 10: _____ presents as a mass in the liver that is treated pharmacologically

Answer: Entamoeba histolytica

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