TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Infections of the Liver
A1  - Telega, Grzegorz
A2  - Kline, Mark W.
PY  - 2018
T2  - Rudolph's Pediatrics, 23e
AB  - Patients  with  infections  of  the  liver  generally  present  with  nonspecific  symptoms  such  as  fever,  fatigue,  abdominal  pain,  or  weight  loss.  The  abdominal  pain  may  be  diffuse,  be  confined  to  the  right  upper  quadrant,  or  radiate  to  the  shoulder  or  back.  Other  symptoms  may  include  headache,  arthralgias,  and  adenopathy.  The  initial  history  should  focus  on  geographic  location  or  travel,  unprotected  sex  or  drug  use,  use  of  hemodialysis  or  blood  products,  other  recent  exposures,  vaccination/immune  status,  chronicity  of  symptoms,  anatomical  anomalies  or  surgery  that  may  affect  the  biliary  tracts,  and  family  history  of  hepatitis.  Physical  exam  is  often  normal;  some  patients  will  have  right  upper  quadrant  or  diffuse  abdominal  tenderness  and  hepatomegaly.  Jaundice  or  stigmata  of  chronic  liver  disease  is  infrequent.  For  additional  details  regarding  viral  hepatitis,  please  refer  to  Table  232-1  and  Chapter  303.  
SN  - 
PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/19
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1182934425
ER  -