Viral hepatitis (A, B, C, D, E) — Flashcards

Flashcard 1: Does Hepatitis A have a vaccine?_____

Answer: Yes!

Flashcard 2: Hepatitis C RNA is found in the serum for _____ months in the acute stage

Answer: < 6

Flashcard 3: Hepatitis C virus is most commonly transmitted through _____

Answer: blood

Flashcard 4: Which hepatitis virus is associated with cyroglobulins?_____

Answer: HCV

Flashcard 5: What infectious diseases (2) is membranous nephropathy associated with?_____

Answer: HBV, HCV

Flashcard 6: Does viral hepatitis result in unconjugated or conjugated hyperbilirubinemia? _____

Answer: Both

Flashcard 7: Meigs' syndrome

Answer:

Extra: ovarian fibroma, ascites, hydrothorax

Flashcard 8: What conditions are associated with myoclonus?

Answer: metabolic abnormalities e.g. renal or liver failure

Flashcard 9: hepatic encephalopathy (ammonia intoxication)

Answer: acquired (liver failure) or hereditary (enzyme deficiency)

Extra: excess NH4+ in blood and inhibition of TCA cycleasterixis, slurred speech, blurred vision, somnolence, vomiting, cerebral edemalimit protein in diet, benzoate or phenylbutyrate, lactulose

Flashcard 10: _____ presents as a mass in the liver that is treated pharmacologically

Answer: Entamoeba histolytica

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