Hepatic PCC obj 6 Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
Types of cirrhosis? | Alcoholic, postnecrotic and biliary |
What is Cirrhosis? | Irrevirsible, degerative disease chracterized by replacement of normal liver tissue w/ diffuse fibrosis that dirsrupts the structure and function of the liver. |
Another definition of cirrhosis is known as? | scarring of the liver |
scar tissue characteristically surrounds the portal areas? | Alcoholic cirrohsis |
Broad bands of scar tissue, late results of a previous episode of acute viral hepatitis? | Post Necrotic |
Cirrhosis has an ______ onset and ______ course? this usually occurs over a span of 30 years or more | Insidious (gradual) Protracted (prolonged) |
amebic liver abcessess are most commonly caused by? | Entamoeba Histolytica |
Most amebic occur where & why? | in developing countries of tropics and subtropics b/c of poor sanitiation and hygiene |
Pyogenic liver abscessess are less common and found where? | Developed countries |
Causes of pyogenic ? | cholangitis and abdominal trauma |
What are the portions of the liver that are mostly involved when dealing with cirrhosis? | Portal & periportal spaces |
What is the major causative factor of cirrhosis? | Alcohol |
With alcoholic cirrhosis the liver cells become _______. They are then replaced with _____? | Necrotic: scar tissue |
Scarring occurs in the liver around the bile ducts, usually resulting form cholangitis and much less common of the 3 types of cirrhosis | biliary cirrhosis |
The severity of cirrhosis is used to categorize the disorder as ____ or _____? | compensated (less severe) or Decompensated (more severe) |
Hallmarks of decompensated, is failure of the liver to? | detoxify substances and to produce protiends, clotting factors, and other substances |
Clinical manifestations of cirrhosis? | Liver enlargement, portal obstruction, and ascites, infection and peritonitis, GI varices, edema, vitamin deficiency, and anemia, mental deterioration |
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