Viral hepatitis. Croatian consensus conference--2009

• Published in: Acta medica Croatica Vol. 63; no. 5; pp. 349 - 357
• Main Authors: Ostojić, Rajko, Vince, Adriana, Hrstić, Irena, Zidovec Lepej, Snjezana, Begovac, Josip, Bradarić, Nikola, Burek, Vitomir, Colić-Cvrlje, Vesna, Duvnjak, Marko, Horvat, Jadranka, Jaklin Kekez, Alemka, Kes, Petar, Lesnikar, Vladimira, Mikulić, Radojka, Milić, Sandra, Mise, Stjepan, Morović, Miro, Pavić, Ivica, Sakoman, Slavko, Slavicek, Jasna, Stimac, Davor, Vcev, Aleksandar, Vucelić, Boris
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Croatian
• Published: Croatia 01.12.2009
• Subjects: Consensus Development Conferences as Topic; Croatia; Hepatitis B - diagnosis; Hepatitis B - therapy; Hepatitis C - diagnosis; Hepatitis C - therapy; Humans; Croatia
• ISSN: 1330-0164

Summarized text of Croatian Consensus Conference on Viral Hepatitis of 2009 comprises the following chapters: 1) Epidemiology, 2) Clinical Picture, 3) Diagnostic Procedure, 4) Aims of Treatment of Viral Hepatitis, 5) Terminology, 6) Medicaments (6.1. Interferon, 6.2. Analogues of Nucleozides and Nucleotides), 7) Hepatitis B (7.1. Serologic and Molecular HBV Diagnostics, 7.2. Terminology, 7.3.Whom to Treat? 7.4. Therapy), 8) Hepatitis C (8.1. Serologic and Molecular HCV Diagnostics, 8.2. Terminology, 8.3. Whom to Treat? 8.4. Therapy). Clinical, laboratory and histologic assessment of patients with chronic viral hepatitis (algorythm of pretherapeutic treatment; histologic evaluation) and notions related to therapy of viral hepatitis (category of the patient and category of the response to treatment) are presented in related tables.