Liver disease — Flashcards

How do platelet levels change post-splenectomy? _____

Octreotide, a somatostatin analog, may be useful in the management of _____ bleeding by reducing portal blood flow and variceal pressure

Treatment of aplastic anemia with _____ may be helpful as some idiopathic cases are due to abnormal T-cell activation with release of cytokines

Visceral leishmaniasis can present with _____ (visceral complication)

Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis has a(n) _____ response to corticosteroids

Hepatitis C RNA is found in the serum for _____ months in the chronic stage

Stage _____ HIV is characterized by wide dissemination to lymphoid organs

Which blood transfusion therapy contains fibrinogen (factor I), factor VIII and XIII, vWF, and fibronectin?_____

What is the traditional standard treatment for hepatitis C? _____

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