Follow up of clinical, laboratory, and serological findings of adult Hungarian hospitalized acute hepatitis patients and characteristics of recovery.

Follow-up features of acute viral hepatitis were evaluated of 210 hospitalized adult patients. HA, HB, HC, and NON A-C H were diagnosed in 68 patients, 84 patients, 22 patients, and 36 patients, respectively. Post-hepatitis syndrome was shown in about 20.6%, 19%, 45.5%, and 25% of patients with HA, HB, HC, and NON A-C H, respectively. At three months, the recovery was shown in about 61.7%, 69%, 13.6%, and 63.9% of patients with HA, HB, HC, and NON A-C H, respectively. Factors of sex, age, and severity of acute phase had no effect on the protracted rate in all types, except in HB. After six months, the disease remained active in 1.5%, 6%, 69%, 8.3% of patients with HA, HB, HC, NON A-C H, respectively. Factors of sex, age, severity of acute phase had no effect on the chronicity rate in different types, except HB. It was more significantly more frequent in males, elderly persons, and mild acute phase in chronic HB cases. Diabetes mellitus was also significantly more frequent in chronic HB cases. Flat pattern of ALT elevation was significantly more frequent in chronic HB and NON A-C H cases.