Non A, non B hepatitis in the aged.
In order to study the clinical picture of non A, non B hepatitis in the elderly, a retrospective study was carried out in the two main hospitals in Jerusalem. Thirty-six patients with acute viral hepatitis, older than 65, have been hospitalized between the years 1982-1988. Seventy-two percent were diagnosed as non A, non B hepatitis. All patients were symptomatic and the main symptoms were abdominal pain, fever and jaundice. Thirty percent of the patients had marked cholestasis, while the disease was uneventful in 96% of the cases. Non A, non B hepatitis is the main type of viral hepatitis in the aged and should be suspected in patients with abdominal pain, fever and cholestasis.
Sonnenblick
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Department of Geriatrics, Shaare Zedek Medical Center, Israel.
Oren
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Tur-Kaspa
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000410:Alanine Transaminase / Q000097:blood; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase / Q000097:blood; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000097:blood; D002779:Cholestasis / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D005334:Fever / Q000209:etiology; D006526:Hepatitis C / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies
D000410:Alanine Transaminase; D000469:Alkaline Phosphatase; D001663:Bilirubin