Transplant Hepatology

Featured Article Activities

Acute Liver Failure

Acute liver failure is defined as severe acute liver injury for fewer than twenty six weeks duration with encephalopathy ...
Read the Article No Registration Required

Rating: 4.00
Hours: 0.75

Activity MD/PA Info Activity DO Info

Wilson Disease

Wilson disease (hepatolenticular degeneration) is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder caused by abnormal copper accumul ...
Read the Article No Registration Required

Rating: -.-
Hours: 1.75

Activity MD/PA Info Activity DO Info

Alcoholic Liver Disease

The first stage of alcoholic liver disease is hepatic steatosis, which involves the accumulation of small fat droplets u ...
Read the Article No Registration Required

Rating: -.-
Hours: 1.25

Activity MD/PA Info Activity DO Info

Drug Induced Hepatotoxicity

Drug-induced hepatotoxicity is an acute or chronic liver injury secondary to drugs or herbal compounds. It is difficult ...
Read the Article No Registration Required

Rating: -.-
Hours: 0.75

Activity MD/PA Info Activity DO Info

Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Mutation

Alpha-1 antitrypsin is a protease inhibitor produced primarily in the liver. It inhibits the neutrophil elastase activit ...
Read the Article No Registration Required

Rating: -.-
Hours: 0.75

Activity MD/PA Info Activity DO Info

Hepatitis B Vaccine

The hepatitis B vaccine is a medication used in the prevention of hepatitis B infection, which can lead to chronic liver ...
Read the Article No Registration Required

Rating: -.-
Hours: 1.25

Activity MD/PA Info Activity DO Info

Transplant Hepatology Activities

Title	Description	Hours	Questions
Acute Hepatic Porphyria	Hepatic porphyrias are genetic disorders caused by the defect in an enzyme involved in heme synthesis and accumulation of heme precursors. Hepatic por ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Acute Liver Failure	Acute liver failure is defined as severe acute liver injury for fewer than twenty six weeks duration with encephalopathy and impaired synthetic functi ... Read the Article	0.75	4	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Acute On Chronic Liver Failure	Acute on chronic liver failure is a clinical syndrome of sudden hepatic decompensation observed in patients with pre-existing chronic liver disease. A ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Alcoholic Liver Disease	The first stage of alcoholic liver disease is hepatic steatosis, which involves the accumulation of small fat droplets under liver cells approaching t ... Read the Article	1.25	12	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency	Alpha-1 antitrypsin (AAT) deficiency is a clinically under-recognized genetic disorder that causes the defective production of alpha-1 antitrypsin pro ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Mutation	Alpha-1 antitrypsin is a protease inhibitor produced primarily in the liver. It inhibits the neutrophil elastase activity in the lung and hence can pr ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Amatoxin Mushroom Toxicity	Amatoxin containing mushrooms are a rare but significant cause of acute fulminant liver failure. However, not all Amanita species have this toxin, and ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Autoimmune Hepatitis	Autoimmune hepatitis refers to a chronic and progressive inflammation of the liver from an unknown cause. Proposed mechanism for the development of au ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Azathioprine	Azathioprine (AZA) is a medication used in the management and treatment of active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the prevention of kidney transplant r ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Bilirubinuria	Bilirubinuria is the presence of bilirubin in the urine, usually detected while performing a routine urine dipstick test. Its presence is abnormal and ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Budd Chiari Syndrome	Hepatic venous outflow obstruction due to any cause except the cardiac ones regardless of the level of obstruction is known as Budd-Chiari syndrome. T ... Read the Article	1	8	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Caroli Disease	Caroli disease is a rare inherited disorder involving segmental dilatation of large, intrahepatic bile ducts which appear as cysts on imaging and hist ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Cholangitis	Acute cholangitis, also known as ascending cholangitis, is a life-threatening condition that is caused by an ascending bacterial infection of the bili ... Read the Article	1	9	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Chronic Renal Failure	Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is defined as the presence of kidney damage or an estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) less than 60 ml/min per 1.7 ... Read the Article	1.75	23	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Chronic Transplantation Rejection	Transplant rejection can be classified as hyperacute, acute, or chronic. Hyperacute rejection is usually caused by specific antibodies against the gra ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Cryptogenic Cirrhosis	Cryptogenic cirrhosis is cirrhosis of uncertain etiology that lacks definitive clinical and histological criteria for a specific disease. Although the ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Cystic Fibrosis And Liver Disease	Cystic fibrosis (CF) is an autosomal recessive (AR) disorder that commonly affects the White population with an annual incidence of approximately 1 in ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Drug Induced Hepatotoxicity	Drug-induced hepatotoxicity is an acute or chronic liver injury secondary to drugs or herbal compounds. It is difficult to diagnose because the presen ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Dyspnea on Exertion	Dyspnea, also called shortness of breath, is a patient's perceived difficulty to breathe. Sensations and intensity can vary and are subjective. It is ... Read the Article	1	10	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Erythropoietic Protoporphyria	Erythropoietic protoporphyria (EPP) is an inherited porphyria resulting in the accumulation of protoporphyrins in red blood cells that causes acute, p ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Esophageal Varices	Esophageal varices are dilated submucosal distal esophageal veins connecting the portal and systemic circulations. They form due to portal hypertensio ... Read the Article	1.25	18	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Graft Versus Host Disease	Graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) occurs due to the presence of immunocompetent T lymphocytes in the graft attacking the immunodeficient recipient tiss ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Halothane Toxicity	Halothane is a medication previously used for induction and maintenance of general anesthesia. After its large impact on medicine and anesthesia speci ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Hepatic Adenoma	Hepatic adenomas also called hepatocellular adenomas, are rare but benign epithelial tumors of the liver frequently associated with the use of oral co ... Read the Article	0.75	4	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Hepatic Chemoembolization	Chemoembolization is the technique of injecting substances designed to decrease or stop tumor growth into the arteries that feed a tumor. Injected sub ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Hepatic Encephalopathy	Hepatic Encephalopathy (HE) is a reversible syndrome observed in patients with advanced liver dysfunction. This syndrome is characterized by a wide sp ... Read the Article	1.5	19	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Hepatitis	The term hepatitis means inflammation of the liver — hepatitis most commonly results from viruses. But drugs, alcohol, toxins, and certain diseases, i ... Read the Article	1.5	15	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Hepatitis A	The hepatitis A virus (HAV) is a positive-sense, single-stranded RNA virus that belongs to the family Picornaviridae. It replicates primarily within h ... Read the Article	1.25	18	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Hepatitis B Vaccine	The hepatitis B vaccine is a medication used in the prevention of hepatitis B infection, which can lead to chronic liver failure and hepatocellular ca ... Read the Article	1.25	13	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Hepatitis C	Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a major public health problem affecting 185 million people worldwide. The percentage of people who are seropositive for ant ... Read the Article	1.5	24	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Hepatitis D	Hepatitis D virus (HDV) was discovered in 1977 in patients with chronic Hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. Originally thought to be an unrecognized H ... Read the Article	1	8	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Hepatoblastoma	Hepatoblastomas are the most common primary malignant liver tumor in pediatric patients, and most often occur within the first 2 years of life. The hi ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome	Hepatopulmonary syndrome is hypoxemia due to dilated intrapulmonary vasculature in the presence of liver disease or portal hypertension. Its a serious ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Hypoalbuminemia	Hypoalbuminaemia is one of the most prevalent disorders in hospitalized and critically ill patients. Hypoalbuminaemia may be a result of decreased pro ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Liver Angiosarcoma	Angiosarcoma is described as a high-grade, malignant neoplasm of endothelial cells of blood or lymphatic vessels. Primary hepatic angiosarcoma is a ra ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Liver Cancer	Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common form of primary liver cancer in the United States with three-quarters of primary and secondary liver cance ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Liver Toxicity	One of the most important causes of liver dysfunction is drug-induced liver injury (DILI) which can lead to a wide spectrum of symptoms ranging from m ... Read the Article	1	11	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Liver Transplantation	Cirrhosis and decompensated liver disease were the ninth leading cause of death for males in 2016 in the United States. Liver transplantation (LT) is ... Read the Article	1	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver	Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is a broad term used to cover a spectrum of conditions which are characterized by evidence of hepatic steato ... Read the Article	1	10	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Normal Saline	Fluid therapy is a critical component of the clinical management of patients. It consists of colloid therapy as well as crystalloid therapy. The most ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Percutaneous Radiofrequency Ablation Of Liver Tumors	The liver is a common location for both primary and metastatic malignancies, which often result in significant morbidity and mortality. Traditional su ... Read the Article	1	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Platypnea	Platypnea diagnosis and treatment are usually challenging and complex to health practitioners. This activity reviews the causes of Pltypnea, simplifie ... Read the Article	0.75	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Polycystic Liver Disease	Polycystic liver disease (PLD) is a progressive disease, but only a small subset of patients develop severe symptoms. Supportive management is recomme ... Read the Article	1	6	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Portacaval Shunt	With the advent of transjugular intrahepatic shunting procedures and less invasive techniques as sclerotherapy, portacaval shunt procedures have decre ... Read the Article	1	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Portal Hypertension	Portal hypertension is increased pressure within the portal venous system. It is determined by increased portal pressure gradient (the difference in p ... Read the Article	1	12	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Post Transplant Lymphoproliferative Disorders	Post-transplant lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is a well-known, life-threatening complication of organ transplantation, predominantly occurring a ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Post Transplantation Cancer	Cancer is one of the three major causes of death after an organ transplant. Cardiovascular disease and infection are the other two reasons for death a ... Read the Article	0.75	4	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Primary Biliary Cholangitis	Primary biliary cholangitis (PBC), formerly termed primary biliary cirrhosis, is an autoimmune disorder that leads to the gradual destruction of intra ... Read the Article	1.25	12	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis	Primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) is a chronic and progressive cholestatic liver disorder of unknown etiology. Inflammation, fibrosis, and strictur ... Read the Article	1	10	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Spironolactone	Spironolactone is a medication used in the management and treatment of hypertension and heart failure with some indications aside from cardiovascular ... Read the Article	1	9	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Tacrolimus	Tacrolimus is a medication used in the prevention and treatment of solid-organ transplant rejection. It is in the calcineurin-inhibitor class of medic ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Tissue and Organ Donation	Tissue/organ donation is a complex and multidisciplinary process that begins with the meticulous procedure of determining death. This is followed by a ... Read the Article	1	7	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Trazodone	Trazodone is a medication used in the management and treatment of major-depressive-disorder. It is in the serotonin-antagonist-and-reuptake-inhibitor ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Ursodeoxycholic Acid	Ursodeoxycholic acid is a medication used in the management and treatment of cholestatic liver disease. This activity reviews the indications, action, ... Read the Article	0.75	5	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Ventilator Complications	Mechanical ventilation is an essential medical intervention in the context of critical illness. However, this intervention is associated with the risk ... Read the Article	1.25	12	Activity MD/PA Activity DO
Wilson Disease	Wilson disease (hepatolenticular degeneration) is a rare, autosomal recessive disorder caused by abnormal copper accumulation in the body particularly ... Read the Article	1.75	27	Activity MD/PA Activity DO

View the Full List of Physician Article Activities:

Activity List

Transplant Hepatology