Liver disease — Flashcards

Flashcard 481: Does viral hepatitis result in unconjugated or conjugated hyperbilirubinemia? _____

Answer: Both

Flashcard 482: What is the most common reversible cause of sideroblastic anemia? _____

Answer: Alcoholism

Flashcard 483: Hemochromatosis has a slowed progression in _____ (gender)

Answer: women

Flashcard 484: What is the treatment for delirium tremens? _____

Answer: Benzodiazepines

Flashcard 485: What is the most common cause of secondary hyperparathyroidism?_____

Answer: Chronic renal failure

Flashcard 486: The best way to visualize Kayser-Fleisher rings in Wilson disease is via _____ examination

Answer: slit-lamp

Flashcard 487: Besides liver involvement, severe Dengue can also result in which type of organ failure?

Answer: Renal failure

Extra: Severe Dengue (Dengue Hemorrhagic Fever/Dengue Shock Syndrome) is associated with multi-organ involvement. While hepatic dysfunction is the most common organ involvement (marked by transaminase elevation >1000), acute kidney injury (renal failure) is a recognized complication often secondary to shock, rhabdomyolysis, or hemolysis.

Flashcard 488: In patients with Cystic Fibrosis, Ursodiol can be used to treat _____

Answer: biliary stasis

Flashcard 489: _____ syndrome is a complication of portal hypertension characterized by rapidly developing renal failure, secondary to cirrhosis

Answer: Hepatorenal

Flashcard 490: The goal of treatment of HCV is to achieve a _____, which is the inability to detect HCV RNA by PCR for 6 months after stopping treatment

Answer: sustained virologic response (SVR)