title: Hepatitis.
abstract: Hepatitis is a diagnosis that can easily be missed by the physician. The morbidity of this disease is significant when one takes into account all the cases that either do not have a typical presentation or are misdiagnosed. The emergency physician bears substantial responsibility in the diagnosis and intervention of patients with hepatitis, and needs to develop a systematic way of approaching the patient with a viral syndrome or other vague complaints that will allow appropriate consideration of this diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA.
authors.forename: J D
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Bondesson
authors.forename: A R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Saperston
mesh_terms: D056486:Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004635:Emergency Medicine; D006505:Hepatitis / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000821:virology; D006801:Humans