Diagnosis
Symptoms
Treatment
100
Ascites Albumin = 1.7
Serum Albumin = 3.5
Whats the SAAG? Whats causing the ascites?
1.8, portal hypertension (since SAAG >1.1)
100
What is this called? What causes it?
Asterixis from hyperammonemia
100
Treatment for someone who is confused after their TIPS procedure
What is Oral Lactulose?
200
Name the three factors in the MELD model
bilirubin level, creatinine level, INR
200
What is this called, and what causes it (be specific)?
Caput medusa from recanalization and dilation of paraumbilical veins from portal hypertension
200
Patients with hemochromatosis should avoid this supplement
What is Vitamin C?
300
What is this stain called? What would this patient's liver look like on MRI?
Prussian blue stain (blue granules = iron deposits) Liver looks black on MRI
300
Why would a cirrhosis patient with a normal PT have these findings
Hypersplenism leading to thrombocytopenia
300
Treatment for a patient with hemochromatosis and beta thallasemia
What are iron chelating agents?