Liver disease — Flashcards

Flashcard 491: _____ is a common, potentially fatal bacterial infection in patients with cirrhosis and ascites

Answer: Spontaneous (primary) bacterial peritonitis

Flashcard 492: Hepatitis A infection symptoms typically last _____

Answer: 1 month

Flashcard 493: Frontotemporal dementia may have associated _____ disorders

Answer: movement

Flashcard 494: What is the most common cause of secondary hyperparathyroidism?_____

Answer: Chronic renal failure

Flashcard 495: What non-specific antibodies (2) may be associated with Sjogren syndrome? _____

Answer: Antinuclear antibodies (ANA) and rheumatoid factor

Flashcard 496: The best way to visualize Kayser-Fleisher rings in Wilson disease is via _____ examination

Answer: slit-lamp

Flashcard 497: 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 498: What movement disorder is associated with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease? _____

Answer: Myoclonus ("startle myoclonus")

Flashcard 499: Patients with Klebsiella pneumoniae will cough up a _____ sputum

Answer: pink, currant jelly

Flashcard 500: Hepatitis B infectionWhich serum HBV marker predicts infectivity?_____

Answer: HBeAg