Acute Hepatitis Including Acute Liver Failure
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<strong>Acute</strong> <strong>Liver</strong> Injury<br />
Establishing the Aetiology<br />
Imaging<br />
• ultrasound<br />
‣ liver size and texture<br />
‣ spleen size<br />
‣ ascites<br />
‣ oedematous gall bladder<br />
‣ infiltration<br />
• ? CT scan<br />
Biopsy<br />
• how will the histology influence management?<br />
• problems<br />
• bleeding<br />
• cerebral oedema<br />
• misinterpretation of histology (by the pathologist)<br />
• clinician over-reliance on histological diagnosis<br />
• delays definitive treatment
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