Liver disease — Flashcards

Flashcard 501: How does TIBC change with pregnancy or OCP use?_____

Answer: Increased

Flashcard 502: Hepatitis B infectionWhich serum HBV marker predicts infectivity?_____

Answer: HBeAg

Flashcard 503: Patients with Klebsiella pneumoniae will cough up a _____ sputum

Answer: pink, currant jelly

Flashcard 504: Which manifestation of *Leptospira interrogans* infection is characterized by flu-like symptoms, conjunctival suffusion, and calf myalgias?

Answer: Anicteric leptospirosis (Bacteremic phase)

Extra: Leptospirosis is often biphasic: 1. **Anicteric phase**: Characterized by flu-like symptoms, conjunctival suffusion (redness without exudate), and severe calf myalgias. 2. **Icteric phase (Weil disease)**: A severe form characterized by jaundice, liver failure, azotemia (renal failure), and hemorrhage.

Flashcard 505: What AST to ALT ratio is indicative of alcohol abuse? _____

Answer: >2:1 ratio of AST:ALT

Flashcard 506: Porphyria cutanea tarda is exacerbated by _____ consumption

Answer: alcohol

Flashcard 507: Metastasis to the liver may be detected clinically as hepatomegaly with a _____ free edge of the liver

Answer: nodular

Flashcard 508: Scabies causes pruritus that is worse _____

Answer: At night

Flashcard 509: Systemic amyloidosis can have hematologic manifestations, including splenomegaly and _____ purpura

Answer: periorbital

Flashcard 510: HSV-1 induced temporal lobe encephalitis can present as seizures, aphasia and _____

Answer: altered mental status