Acute Liver Failure and Transplantation
- Previous year questions on Acute Liver Failure and Transplantation for NEET PG (National Eligibility cum Entrance Test - Postgraduate), from the Medicine section of the exam.
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- 16 live questions in Acute Liver Failure and Transplantation.
- 1 of 16 questions carries a verified exam year: 2020.
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- Question set last updated 5 Sept 2026.
Q1.A 5 years old child is having acute liver failure. Which one of the following criterial is not included in the King's college criteria?
- AAge < 11 years
- BINR > 6.5
- CBilirubin > 300 mmol/L
- DJaundice < 7 days before development of encephalopathy✓ Correct answer
Q2.Kings criteria are used in the prognosis of which of the following?
- AAcute heart failure
- BAcute liver failure✓ Correct answer
- CAcute renal failure
- DAcute respiratory failure
Q3.5 year old child with acute liver failure. Which one of the following criteria are not included in the King's College criteria?
- AAge <10 years
- BINR >6.5
- CBilirubin >17mg/dL
- DJaundice less than 7 days before development of encephalopathy✓ Correct answer
Q4.The most common indication for liver transplantation in end stage liver disease is
- AWilson's disease
- BChronic hepatitis B
- CChronic hepatitis C✓ Correct answer
- DAlcoholic liver injury
Q5.Most commonly implicated drug for acute liver failure is -
- AParacetamol✓ Correct answer
- BValproate
- CWarfarin
- DTetracyclines
Q6.Features of Acute Fulminant Hepatic failure include all of the following Except:
- AHyperglycemia✓ Correct answer
- BHypomagnesemia
- CHepatorenal syndrome
- DIntracranial hemorrhage
Q7.Following liver transplantation, recurrence of primary disease in the liver most likely occures in:
- AWilson disease
- BAutoimmune hepatitis✓ Correct answer
- CAlpha - 1 antitrypsin deficiency
- DPrimary biliary cirrhosis
Q8.Liver transplantation is done in - a) Hemochromatosis b) Primary biliary cirrhosis c) Sclerosing cholangitis without ulcerative colitis d) Sclerosing cholangitis with ulcerative colitis
- Aabc
- Bbcd✓ Correct answer
- Cac
- Dbd
Q9.In a patient with fulminant liver failure after viral hepatitis, which of the following will not change immediately?
- ASerum albumin✓ Correct answer
- BPT
- CSerum bilirubin
- DSerum ammonia
Q10.King's college criteria for orthotopic liver transplantation in acute liver failure (paracetamol Induced) include all of the following except -
- ApH<7.30
- BPT>100s
- CGrade three encephalopathy
- DSerum bilirubin> 300 micromol/L✓ Correct answer
Answer key
Q1: D. Jaundice < 7 days before development of encephalopathy; Q2: B. Acute liver failure; Q3: D. Jaundice less than 7 days before development of encephalopathy; Q4: C. Chronic hepatitis C; Q5: A. Paracetamol; Q6: A. Hyperglycemia; Q7: B. Autoimmune hepatitis; Q8: B. bcd; Q9: A. Serum albumin; Q10: D. Serum bilirubin> 300 micromol/L.
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