Liver disease — Flashcards

Flashcard 121: Visceral leishmaniasis can present with _____ (blood complication)

Answer: pancytopenia

Flashcard 122: Primary sclerosing cholangitis is associated with _____ antibody

Answer: p-ANCA

Extra: Atlas:

Flashcard 123: Cirrhosis is often complicated by _____ hypertension

Answer: portal

Extra: * due to increased intrasinusoidal pressure from fibrosis the spleen drains into the portal vein via the splenic vein

Flashcard 124: _____ infection with dengue fever is asymptomatic or self-limited

Answer: Primary

Flashcard 125: Dengue fever is a type of hemorrhagic fever due to it causing _____

Answer: thrombocytopenia

Flashcard 126: Spontaneous bacterial peritonitis is diagnosed by paracentesis with ascitic fluid absolute neutrophil count > _____ cells/mm3

Answer: 250

Flashcard 127: In a medical setting, severe hypoglycemia is treated with IV _____

Answer: glucose

Flashcard 128: Loop diuretics may be used to treat _____ in liver failure (e.g. cirrhosis)

Answer: ascites

Extra: Sketchy Pharmacology: Renal (Diuretics)

Flashcard 129: In developed countries, hepatic abscesses have a(n) _____ incidence and are caused by _____ infection in 80% of cases

Answer: low

Flashcard 130: The levels of free thyroid hormone are _____ in hepatic failure and steroid use

Answer: normal