Saturday, June 1, 2013

Cirrhosis Treatment Nuggets

Nuggets taken from AFP review paper on treatment in cirrhosis/chronic liver failure
Link to paper:  Liver Failure Treatment


1) In a patient with ascites, list the Grade A treatment recs.  (hint: 3 types)

2) What percentage of patients with ascites have cirrhosis as its etiology?

3) List causes of ascites that have SAAG <1.1 (hint: 1 malignant, 1 infectious, 1 endocrine/exocrine)

4) If propranolol is contraindicated for variceal bleeding prophylaxis, what's the next drug you can use?

Child-Pugh criteria mnemonic

HAPI BAbi

-hepatic encephalopathy
-ascites
-PT/INR

-Bili
-Albumin


1 comment:

  1. Cirrhosis wide unfold destruction of the liver of the in-patient. The disorders cannot curable at later time it's attending to be curable at the earlier time of the affected livers. there is medical aid for that disease to position it merely disease treatment we'd call it and it's stated as as YHK medical aid
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