HEPATOLOGY 1
Mandatory test in patients with cirrhosis with new-onset ascites
Diagnostic paracentesis
Diagnostic criterion for acute hepatitis A
HAV IgM antibodies
Common autoimmune hepatitis antibodies
ANA and smooth-muscle antibody
Hepatic tumor associated with oral contraceptive agent in women
Hepatic adenoma
Test for acute cholecystitis if high clinical likelihood but negative ultrasound
HIDA scan
Ascites leukocyte count diagnostic for SBP
≥250/µL
Diagnostic testing for chronic hepatitis C
HCV antibody followed by HCV RNA
This autoantibody is associated with primary biliary cirrhosis
Anti-mitochondrial antibody
Focal nodular hyperplasia treatment
None
Obstructive cholangitis treatment
Antibiotics and ERCP
Treatment for SBP
Third-generation cephalosporin plus albumin
Hepatitis B first-line treatments
Entecavir or tenofovir
Bowel disease associated with PSC
IBD
Diagnosis suggested by acute hepatitis and hemolytic anemia in a young adult
Wilson disease
Diagnosis suggested by pruritus and total bile acid level >10 μmol/L in the second- or third-trimester of pregnancy
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy
Test for all patients with cirrhosis not receiving nonselective β-blocker
Upper endoscopy to assess for varices
Hepatitis B–associated vasculitis
Polyarteritis nodosa, cryoglobulinemia
PSC cancer associations
Cholangiocarcinoma, colorectal cancer, gallbladder cancer
Treatment for liver disease and iron overload secondary to hereditary hemochromatosis
Phlebotomy
Intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy treatment
Ursodeoxycholic acid
Common hepatic encephalopathy precipitants
Infection, GI bleeding, medications, volume depletion
HCV-associated extrahepatic diseases
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma, membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis, mixed cryglobulinemia, porphyria cutanea tarda
PSC ERCP indications
Dominant stricture, bile duct mass
Most common causes of drug-induced liver injury
Acetaminophen, amoxicillin-clavulanate, phenytoin, valproate
Cholecystectomy indications for asymptomatic gallstones
Gallstones >3 cm, porcelain gallbladder, gallbladder polyp >1 cm