Liver disease — Flashcards

Flashcard 201: Hepatorenal syndrome occurs due to _____ dilation, which results in decreased vascular resistance and activation of the RAAS

Answer: splanchnic arterial

Flashcard 202: Hemolytic anemia presents with _____ haptoglobin, _____ bilirubin, and _____ LDH

Answer: low

Flashcard 203: What is the diagnosis in a patient with macrocytic anemia, low reticulocyte count, hepatomegaly, and ringed sideroblasts? _____

Answer: Myelodysplastic syndrome

Flashcard 204: ALT > 1000 U/L likely indicates: _____ Drug toxicity (acetaminophen) Shock liver (ischemia d/t hypotension) Autoimmune hepatitis

Answer: Acute viral hepatitis

Flashcard 205: In addition to antivirals, _____ improves transplant-free survival even in patients with non-acetaminophen-related acute liver failure

Answer: N-acetylcysteine

Flashcard 206: What is the most common cause of osteomyelitis in the following populations:\nGeneral: _____\nPenetrating: _____\nSickle cell: _____\nDiabetes mellitus: Polymicrobial (cover Pseudomonas)\nOyster/Cirrhotic: Vibrio vulnificus

Answer: Staph aureus

Extra: Staph aureus is the most common cause of osteomyelitis overall. In sickle cell patients, Salmonella is a high-yield association but S. aureus remains frequently isolated.

Flashcard 207: What antibody is associated with primary sclerosing cholangitis? _____

Answer: p-ANCA

Flashcard 208: _____ is a benign, non-inflammatory enlargement of the salivary glands associated with malnutrition and liver disease

Answer: Sialadenosis

Flashcard 209: Alcoholic cerebellar degeneration is caused by damage to the _____ cells in the anterior cerebellar vermis

Answer: Purkinje

Flashcard 210: _____ causes fibrosis of intrahepatic bile ducts

Answer: Primary biliary cirrhosis