Acute hepatitis (UMHB 6930, Table N: Emergency Medicine / Acute Abdomen)

I had to google most of the terms. Interpreted the chart on my own. The information was all there but it was not explained properly.

Your lectures are excellent because you have a great diction! Thanks.

good points covered. clinically relevant. good cases. thanks! I enjoyed this lecture.

Excellent class. It help me so much to separate what is really important, from what it's not. Very clear

Excellent summary of hep B. Thorough explanation of serology. Thanks Dr Raj!

He explains everything so well; this is exactly the kind of question we get on our exams in university of maastricht. It's detailed, but serology explanation is really helpful

Like it very much. Easy to understand, complete and concrete.

Good for "Boards and Wards." Got all the hepatitis questions right on my exam as a result

Informative! There were quite a few different things i learned from this lecture. I now have a better understanding of the disease.

Muy buen video, claro y concreto, me gustó mucho su charla.

Excellent! Dr Carlo covered hepatology well. Thank you so much.

Clear as always. I like the way he emphasizes things. A lot

the tutuor did a great job but i find this topic diffucult and did not get a clear picture of it yet

Very comprehensive discussion. It would have been worthwhile to talk about criteria for starting treatment for chronic Hep B (e.g DNA count vs symptoms and livers functions). Also unclear if treatment of HepB is curative. The hepatitis talks did not mention genotypes of Hep C at all which is important for treating the condition, particularly in countries where access to direct acting antivirals is not available. Finally the talks didn't mention what percentage of patients with chronic Hep B and C go on to develop cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma.

It would have been great to list the most common agents that could potentially lead to liver toxicity aside from paracetamol, incl phenytoin, statins, amiodarone, methotrexate. Also not sure if this would be discussed in the Emergency Medicine talks but actually working up the patient and what to do from a monitoring point of view once a diagnosis of paracetamol overdose would have been really helpful. It would have been worth noting that acetylcysteine most efficacious within 8 to 10 hours after ingestion of paracetamol.

Since December 2013, Several DAA drugs were approved by FDA. So you can update this lecture.