RT Book, Section
A1 Friedman, Lawrence S.
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
SR Print(0)
ID 1166167047
T1 Alcoholic Liver Disease
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis and Treatment 2020
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781260455281
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1166167047
RD 2022/05/22
AB ESSENTIALS  OF  DIAGNOSISChronic  alcohol  intake  usually  exceeds  80  g/day  in  men  and  30–40  g/day  in  women  with  alcoholic  hepatitis  or  cirrhosis.Fatty  liver  is  often  asymptomatic.Fever,  right  upper  quadrant  pain,  tender  hepatomegaly,  and  jaundice  characterize  alcoholic  hepatitis,  but  the  patient  may  be  asymptomatic.AST  is  usually  elevated  but  usually  not  above  300  units/L  (6  mckat/L);  AST  is  greater  than  ALT,  usually  by  a  factor  of  2  or  more.Alcoholic  hepatitis  is  often  reversible,  but  it  is  the  most  common  precursor  of  cirrhosis  in  the  United  States.