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Leptospirosis
Pathogen: Leptospira (interrogans, kirschneri, noguchii)
Risk Factors:
 • Occupational exposure - Farmers, ranchers, trappers, veterinarians
 • Recreational
Presentation: • Mild disease ... Meningitis • Weil's Disease ... : Jaundice + renal ... Severe pulmonary disease ... microbiology #diagnosis #treatment
Hepatobiliary Manifestations of Sickle Cell Disease
Acute sickle cell hepatic crisis:
 • Fever, acute onset RUQ pain,
of Sickle Cell Disease ... onset RUQ pain, jaundice ... Supportive with treatment ... #SickleCell #Disease
Oroya Fever
Hematologic disease caused by Bartonella bacilliformis
Restricted to the Andes highlands of Peru & Ecuador
B. bacilliformis:
Fever Hematologic disease ... hemolytic anemia, jaundice ... TREATMENT: ​• Acute
Alcoholic Hepatitis - Management Algorithm
Assess Eligibility for Treatment:
 - Maddrey Discriminant Function ≥ (or possibly MELD
Eligibility for Treatment ... other causes of jaundice ... Contraindications to Treatment ... - Concomitant diseases ... after 7 days of treatment
Clinical Examination for Liver and Biliary Diseases
1) Hands: Clubbing, Dupuytren's contracture, Leuconychia, Bruising, Flapping tremor (hepatic
Liver and Biliary Diseases ... erythema 2) Face: Jaundice ... Xanthelasma and jaundiced ... rings in Wilson's disease ... cirrhosis #liver #disease
Hepatopulmonary Syndrome - Illness Script
HPS is a pulmonary disorder of chronic liver disease characterized by a
chronic liver disease ... chronic liver disease ... of cirrhosis: jaundice ... the left heart TREATMENT ... only definitive treatment
Immune Reconstitution Inflammatory Syndrome - Overview of IRIS

What Is IRIS?
	• A state of hyperinflammatory response that
six months of treatment ... worsening of that disease ... pericarditis, peritoneal disease ... loss, nausea, jaundice ... by delaying ART treatment
Jaundice and Kayser-Fleischer Rings in Wilson's Disease

#Jaundice #Kayser #Fleischer #Rings #Wilsons #Disease #clinical #video #ocular #physicalexam
Jaundice and Kayser-Fleischer ... Rings in Wilson's Disease ... #Jaundice #Kayser ... Rings #Wilsons #Disease
Clinical diagnosis of Alcoholic Hepatitis (AH)
 • Onset of jaundice within prior 8 weeks
 • Ongoing
) • Onset of jaundice ... before the onset of jaundice ... metabolic liver disease ... (Wilson disease ... days of onset of jaundice
Jaundice - Pathophysiology and Causes

- Amy Chung, MD, MSc @AmyChung 

#Jaundice #Pathophysiology #Differential #Unconjugated #Causes #Diagnosis
Jaundice - Pathophysiology ... @AmyChung #Jaundice