Contents 1 Case 18: Acute and Chronic Liver Disease 1.1 1. List the causes of acute hepatitis including alcohol, medications (including acetaminophen) autoimmune and viral infections. 1.2 2. List and describe the causes of chronic liver disease including alcohol, chronic viral infections, hemochromatosis, biliary cirrhosis, sclerosing cholangitis, Wilson's Disease and autoimmune hepatitis. 1.3 3. Compare and contrast tests of liver damage and function. 1.4 4. Describe and explain clinical findings of chronic liver disease. 1.5 5. Compare and contrast viral hepatitis A, B, C, D and E including epidemiology, transmission, incubation, carrier state, viral markers and risk of chronic liver disease

[edit] Case 18: Acute and Chronic Liver Disease

[edit] 1. List the causes of acute hepatitis including alcohol, medications (including acetaminophen) autoimmune and viral infections.

[edit] 2. List and describe the causes of chronic liver disease including alcohol, chronic viral infections, hemochromatosis, biliary cirrhosis, sclerosing cholangitis, Wilson's Disease and autoimmune hepatitis.

[edit] 3. Compare and contrast tests of liver damage and function.

[edit] 4. Describe and explain clinical findings of chronic liver disease.

[edit] 5. Compare and contrast viral hepatitis A, B, C, D and E including epidemiology, transmission, incubation, carrier state, viral markers and risk of chronic liver disease