7 Days Of Worsening | Jaundice (Assessment & Diagnosis) — 20yo Woman | Hepatology | MCCQE1 Q#7183
MCCQE1 Question #7183
Dimension of Care
Acute Care
Activity
Assessment & Diagnosis
Objective
Jaundice
Section
Medicine / Family Medicine
Subject
Hepatology
Last updated: March 2026
A 20-year-old previously healthy woman presents with 7 days of worsening right upper quadrant pain, nausea, and dark urine. She denies alcohol or illicit drug use but has taken over-the-counter cold medications for the past week. She is jaundiced, alert, and oriented, with mild right upper quadrant tenderness and no ascites or stigmata of chronic liver disease. Bloodwork shows marked hepatocellular injury with relatively preserved alkaline phosphatase. You suspect acute severe hepatitis and want to assess risk of progression to acute liver failure. Which additional test has the greatest prognostic value?
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