Evaluating Liver Test Abnormalities
Understanding the Pathophysiology of Liver Disease
for Health Care Providers
Final Quiz
Question 14 of 17
Answer
c. Ischemic hepatitis
Ischemic hepatitis is an acute injury that results from a sudden loss of blood flow to the liver and occurs with worsening heart failure, arrhythmia, hypotension or shock. Viral hepatitis B and C can lead to chronic hepatitis. Autoimmune hepatitis is a disorder in which the immune system attacks hepatocytes chronically and nitrofurantoin-induced liver injury can lead to an identical clinical presentation.