Amoebic liver abscess

Q)  Treatment of choice in amoebic liver abscess 4 cm in Right lobe of liver with fever and pain abdomen

a) Metronidazole

b) Aspiration

c) Pig tail insertion

d) Surgery

Answer

Question discusses 

INdications of aspiration 

Indications of Percutaneous drainage

Role of Surgery 

Hepatic blood flow

Q. All are true regarding hepatic blood flow except
A. Liver has dual blood supply from portal vein and hepatic artery
B. 70% of liver oxygen comes from the hepatic artery
C. 70-80% of blood supply to the liver is from portal vein

d) Liver receives 25% of cardiac output

Answer for premium

The explanation discusses how much blood and oxygen goes through portal vein and hepatic artery to the liver

What is hepatic artery buffer response??

 

Liver trauma

Q) All are true for blunt hepatic trauma except
A. Grade V liver injuries are associated with vascular avulsion
B. Hepatic packing is an expeditious method to control bleeding in blunt hepatic trauma
C. After damage control Surgery and hepatic packing, abdominal compartment syndrome can happen in immediate postoperative period
D. Post conservative management, in the 3rd week anemia MC occurs due to subcapsular
hematoma rupture

Answer

Fibrolamellar carcinoma of the liver

Q) Fibrolamellar Carcinoma of the liver 

a) Occurs in the setting of cirrhosis

b) Has worse survival than Hepatocellular carcinoma

c) Can be followed up for long time

d) Seen in young females

Answer

Significance of MELD Scoring in Liver Transplant

Q) The significance of MELD Scoring in Liver transplant is :

a) Less ill patients are given more priority in liver transplant

b) Set threshold for patients who are too ill to undergo transplant.

c) To access  mortality in the waiting list.

d) To list patients in cadaveric deceased donor program

d

MELD score takes into account  three factors. Bilirubin, INR and creatinine. Recently MELD Na is also included. Model for end stage Liver Disease (MELD) was initially developed to evaluate three months prognosis in patients undergoing TIPS. 
It ranges from 6 (3 months survival = 90%) to 40 (3 months survival =7%).

In countries where DDLT is more common MELD Score is used to allot grafts to people in the cadaveric list. More severe is the MELD, earlier is the allotment of cadaveric graft.

Sicker patients are given priority