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Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Diagnosis Algorithm
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus, Right upper quadrant discomfort
Signs: Jaundice, Xanthelasmata, Hepatomegaly
Associated history:
Symptoms: Fatigue, Pruritus ... disease, Persistent pruritus ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hepatology
Pruritis Associated with Jaundice
Initial - UDCA
1st line - Cholestyramine
2nd line - Rifampicin
3rd line - Naltrexone
4th line
Pruritis Associated ... BrighamChiefs #Pruritis ... treatment #management #hepatology
Alkaline Phosphatase (ALP) Elevation - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm

ALP:
 - Enzymes that catalyze hydrolysis of organic phosphate
- Fatigue - Pruritis ... examination: - Pruritis ... Diagnosis #Algorithm #hepatology
Proposed Schema for the Management of Pruritus in Primary Biliary Cholangitis (PBC). 

Cholestyramine up to 4g
Management of Pruritus ... bile duct #Pruritus ... PBC #Management #Hepatology
Liver Disease in Pregnancy
Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy (ICP)
 • Onset/Trimester: 25-32 weeks
 • Typical clinical features:
clinical features: Pruritus ... Disease #Pregnancy #hepatology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC) - Summary

PBC Epidemiology:
 • Female:Male 9:1
 • Common European descent
 • Age:
asymptomatic • Pruritus ... diagnosis #workup #hepatology
Primary Biliary Cirrhosis - Management
A. Initiate therapy 
 - Initiate 1st line therapy with UDCA (13-15
Manage symptoms - Pruritus ... Management #Treatment #hepatology
Dematoses in Pregnancy - Specific Skin Conditions
Non-Pruritic
 • Pustular psoriasis of pregnancy
 • Impetigo Herpetiformis
Pruritic -
Conditions Non-Pruritic ... Herpetiformis Pruritic ... of pregnancy (pruritis ... 3rd trimester) Pruritic ... gestationis • Pruritic
Pruritus - Primary Skin Lesion - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Macules / Papules / Plaques:
 • Xerosis (dry
Pruritus - Primary ... Urticaria #Pruritus
Conjunctivitis Comparison - Bacterial - Viral - Allergic
Discharge - Redness - Pruritis

#Conjunctivitis #Comparison #Bacterial #Viral #Allergic
Discharge - Redness - Pruritis